CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
88.2%
CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2005:839-01
Lynx is a text-based Web browser.
An arbitrary command execute bug was found in the lynx “lynxcgi:” URI
handler. An attacker could create a web page redirecting to a malicious URL
which could execute arbitrary code as the user running lynx. The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the name CVE-2005-2929 to
this issue.
Users should update to this erratum package, which contains a backported
patch to correct this issue.
Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2005-November/074579.html
Affected packages:
lynx
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CentOS | 2 | i386 | lynx | < 2.8.4-18.1.2 | lynx-2.8.4-18.1.2.i386.rpm |