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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Debian Local Security Checks >> [DSA1085] DSA-1085-1 lynx-cur Vulnerability Assessment Details
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[DSA1085] DSA-1085-1 lynx-cur |
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DSA-1085-1 lynx-cur Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in lynx, the popular text-mode WWW browser. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project identifies the following vulnerabilities: Michal Zalewski discovered that lynx is not able to grok invalid HTML including a TEXTAREA tag with a large COLS value and a large tag name in an element that is not terminated, and loops forever trying to render the broken HTML. Ulf Härnhammar discovered a buffer overflow 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) these problems have been fixed in version 2.8.5-2.5woody1. For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 2.8.6-9sarge1. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your lynx-cur package. Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085 Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: 11443 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2006 Michel Arboi |
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