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title: "CVE-2008-4690\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-4690

Publication date 22 October 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4690?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| lynx | 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not in release |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [kees](https://launchpad.net/~kees)

advanced mode is not on by default

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4690)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4690)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-4690)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4690)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4690>