Executive Summary
This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | New lynx-ssl packages fix arbitrary code execution |
| Informations | |||
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| Name | DSA-876 | First vendor Publication | 2005-10-27 |
| Vendor | Debian | Last vendor Modification | 2005-10-27 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | 1 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
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| Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| Ulf Härnhammar discovered a buffer overflow in lynx, a text-mode browser for the WWW that can be remotely exploited. During the handling of Asian characters when connecting to an NNTP server lynx can be tricked to write past the boundary of a buffer which can lead to the execution of arbitrary code. For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.4.1b-3.2. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.5-2sarge1 of lynx. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your lynx-ssl package. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-876 |
CAPEC : Common Attack Pattern Enumeration & Classification
| Id | Name |
|---|---|
| CAPEC-47 | Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion |
| CAPEC-100 | Overflow Buffers |
| CAPEC-123 | Buffer Attacks |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-131 | Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9257 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9257 | ||
| Title: | 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. | ||
| Description: | 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. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2005-3120 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 CentOS Linux 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 CentOS Linux 4 Oracle Linux 4 | Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Os | 2 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200510-15 (Lynx) File : nvt/glsa_200510_15.nasl |
| 2008-09-04 | Name : FreeBSD Ports: lynx File : nvt/freebsd_lynx.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1085-1 (lynx-ssl) File : nvt/deb_1085_1.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 874-1 (lynx) File : nvt/deb_874_1.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 876-1 (lynx-ssl) File : nvt/deb_876_1.nasl |
| 0000-00-00 | Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2005-310-03 lynx File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2005_310_03.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 20019 | Lynx NNTP HTrjis() Function Remote Overflow |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2011-05-28 | Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2005-310-03.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-10-14 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1085.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-10-14 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-874.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-10-14 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-876.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-07-03 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update. File : centos_RHSA-2005-803.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-05-13 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_c01170bf499011daa1b8000854d03344.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-01-15 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-206-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-10-19 | Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2005-993.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-10-19 | Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2005-994.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-10-19 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200510-15.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-10-19 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-186.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-10-19 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2005-803.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 11:34:35 |
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