CVEvulnerability
CVE-2005-2929
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2005-11-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
Lynx 2.8.5, and other versions before 2.8.6dev.15, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) lynxcgi:, (2) lynxexec, and (3) lynxprog links, which are not properly restricted in the default configuration in some environments.
Affected configurations
• university of kansas lynx 2.8.5
• university of kansas lynx 2.8.6
• university of kansas lynx 2.8.6 dev13
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.7/SCOSA-2006.7.txt ftp.sco.com
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.55/SCOSA-2005.55.txt ftp.sco.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17372 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17512 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17546 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17556 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17576 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17666 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17757 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18051 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18376 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18659 Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/173 securityreason.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015195 securitytracker.com
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-035.htm support.avaya.com
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-09.xml www.gentoo.org
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=338&type=vulnerabilities Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:211 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2005.026-lynx.html www.openpkg.org
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-839.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419763/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15395 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2394 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23119 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9712 oval.cisecurity.org
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.7/SCOSA-2006.7.txt ftp.sco.com
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.55/SCOSA-2005.55.txt ftp.sco.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17372 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17512 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17546 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17556 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17576 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17666 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17757 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18051 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18376 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18659 Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/173 securityreason.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015195 securitytracker.com
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-035.htm support.avaya.com
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-09.xml www.gentoo.org
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=338&type=vulnerabilities Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:211 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2005.026-lynx.html www.openpkg.org
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-839.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419763/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15395 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2394 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23119 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9712 oval.cisecurity.org