[Please upgrade Lynx on all distributions. It is also vulnerable to other issues -- Raju]
This is an RFC 1153 digest. (1 message) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1236886.Oh0OSGKNKJ"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: gentoo-announce@gentoo.org Cc: bugtraq@securityfocus.com, full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ GLSA 200510-15 ] Lynx: Buffer overflow in NNTP processing Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 17:03:01 +0200 --nextPart1236886.Oh0OSGKNKJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200510-15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Lynx: Buffer overflow in NNTP processing Date: October 17, 2005 Bugs: #108451 ID: 200510-15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Lynx contains a buffer overflow that may be exploited to execute arbitrary code. Background ========== Lynx is a text-mode browser for the World Wide Web. It supports multiple URL types, including HTTP and NNTP URLs. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-client/lynx < 2.8.5-r1 >= 2.8.5-r1 Description =========== When accessing a NNTP URL, Lynx connects to a NNTP server and retrieves information about the available articles in the target newsgroup. Ulf Harnhammar discovered a buffer overflow in a function that handles the escaping of special characters. Impact ====== An attacker could setup a malicious NNTP server and entice a user to access it using Lynx (either by creating NNTP links on a web page or by forcing a redirect for Lynx users). The data returned by the NNTP server would trigger the buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running Lynx. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All Lynx users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/lynx-2.8.5-r1" References ========== [ 1 ] CAN-2005-3120 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-3120 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200510-15.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 --nextPart1236886.Oh0OSGKNKJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBDU70szKC5hMHO6rkRAlWkAJ9bqSokBGq67cNOvEjiYFLSoibVwgCfY7u4 gRdk9yRLiPXHP8m+TtzfIvA= =0fOZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1236886.Oh0OSGKNKJ-- ------------------------------ End of this Digest ****************** -- Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F It is the mind that moves _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/