CVE-2005-2929 Information

Description

Lynx 2.8.5 and other versions before 2.8.6dev.15 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) lynxcgi: (2) lynxexec and (3) lynxprog links which are not properly restricted in the default configuration in some environments.

Reference

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.7/SCOSA-2006.7.txt ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.55/SCOSA-2005.55.txt http://secunia.com/advisories/17372 http://secunia.com/advisories/17512 http://secunia.com/advisories/17546 http://secunia.com/advisories/17556 http://secunia.com/advisories/17576 http://secunia.com/advisories/17666 http://secunia.com/advisories/17757 http://secunia.com/advisories/18051 http://secunia.com/advisories/18376 http://secunia.com/advisories/18659 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/173 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015195 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-035.htm http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-09.xml http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=338&type=vulnerabilities http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:211 http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2005.026-lynx.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-839.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419763/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15395 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2394 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23119 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9712