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.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected products
- Debian / debian_linux3.0 – 3.0
- Debian / debian_linux3.1 – 3.1
- invisible-island / lynx2.8.6
References
- MISChttp://securitytracker.com/id?1015065
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/18376
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17216
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17480
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html
- MISChttp://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.423056
- MISChttp://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2005.026-lynx.html
- MISCftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.47/SCOSA-2005.47.txt
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-October/038019.html
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17444
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085
- MISChttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-15.xml
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/18584
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17238
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17150
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:186
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17248
- MISChttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=170253
- MISChttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-010.htm
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419763/100/0/threaded
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17360
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17445
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15117
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/206-1/
- MISChttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9257
- MISChttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-803.html
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17231
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17230
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17340
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/20383
- MISCftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.7/SCOSA-2006.7.txt
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-874
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-876