CVE-2005-3120: Buffer Overflow
First published: Mon Oct 17 2005(Updated: )
Stack-based buffer overflow in the HTrjis function in Lynx 2.8.6 and earlier allows remote NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code via certain article headers containing Asian characters that cause Lynx to add extra escape (ESC) characters.
Credit: security@debian.org security@debian.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Lynx | =2.8.3 | |
| Lynx | =2.8.4 | |
| Lynx | =2.8.6 | |
| Lynx | =2.8.6_dev13 | |
| Lynx | <=2.8.6 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =3.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =3.1 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-October/038019.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-803.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=170253
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-874
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-876
- http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17216
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17360
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015065
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15117
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2005.026-lynx.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17445
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18376
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17444
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-010.htm
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-15.xml
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17150
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17230
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17231
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17238
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17248
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17340
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17480
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18584
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.423056
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20383
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:186
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9257
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/206-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419763/100/0/threaded
- agent/type
- agent/weakness
- agent/severity
- agent/remedy
- agent/author
- agent/references
- agent/description
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/event
- agent/source
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- collector/nvd-historical
- vendor/university of kansas
- product/lynx
- canonical/university of kansas lynx
- agent/tags
- agent/softwarecombine
- collector/nvd-api
- source/NVD
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- canonical/lynx
- version/lynx/2.8.3
- version/lynx/2.8.4
- version/lynx/2.8.6
- version/lynx/2.8.6_dev13
- vendor/invisible-island
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian debian linux
- version/debian debian linux/3.0
- version/debian debian linux/3.1