CVE-2008-4690
Published: 22 October 2008
lynx 2.8.6dev.15 and earlier, when advanced mode is enabled and lynx is configured as a URL handler, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted lynxcgi: URL, a related issue to CVE-2005-2929. NOTE: this might only be a vulnerability in limited deployments that have defined a lynxcgi: handler.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| kees | advanced mode is not on by default |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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lynx Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
dapper |
Ignored
(end of life)
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| gutsy |
Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
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| hardy |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
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| intrepid |
Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
|
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| jaunty |
Does not exist
|
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| karmic |
Does not exist
|
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| lucid |
Does not exist
|
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| maverick |
Does not exist
|
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| natty |
Does not exist
|
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| upstream |
Needed
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