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lynx: arbitrary command execution

Package(s):lynx CVE #(s):CVE-2005-2929
Created:November 14, 2005 Updated:December 19, 2005
Description: An arbitrary command execute bug was found in the lynx "lynxcgi:" URI handler. An attacker could create a web page redirecting to a malicious URL which could execute arbitrary code as the user running lynx.
Alerts:
Fedora-Legacy FLSA:152832 2005-12-17
OpenPKG OpenPKG-SA-2005.026 2005-12-03
Fedora FEDORA-2005-1079 2005-11-14
Fedora FEDORA-2005-1078 2005-11-14
Gentoo 200511-09 2005-11-13
Mandriva MDKSA-2005:211 2005-11-12
Red Hat RHSA-2005:839-01 2005-11-11
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