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diff --git a/glsa-200510-15.xml b/glsa-200510-15.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..0a8198d7a0a9 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200510-15.xml @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200510-15"> + <title>Lynx: Buffer overflow in NNTP processing</title> + <synopsis> + Lynx contains a buffer overflow that may be exploited to execute arbitrary + code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">Lynx</product> + <announced>October 17, 2005</announced> + <revised>October 17, 2005: 01</revised> + <bug>108451</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="www-client/lynx" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.8.5-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.8.5-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Lynx is a text-mode browser for the World Wide Web. It supports + multiple URL types, including HTTP and NNTP URLs. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + 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. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + 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. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Lynx users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/lynx-2.8.5-r1"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-3120">CAN-2005-3120</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat, 15 Oct 2005 09:30:52 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:46:58 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> +</glsa> |