MDKSA-2005:211 - Updated lynx packages fix critical vulnerability

Posted by Bob on: 11/13/2005 12:12 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

The Mandriva Security Team published a new security update: MDKSA-2005:211 - Updated lynx packages fix critical vulnerability for Mandriva Linux. Here the announcement:

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2005:211
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : lynx
Date : November 12, 2005
Affected: 10.1, 10.2, 2006.0, Corporate 2.1, Corporate 3.0,
Multi Network Firewall 2.0
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Problem Description:

An arbitrary command execution vulnerability was discovered in the
lynx "lynxcgi:" URI handler. An attacker could create a web page that
redirects to a malicious URL which could then execute arbitrary code
as the user running lynx.

The updated packages have been patched to address this issue.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?nameÊN-2005-2929
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Linux 10.1:
d159808dc386722d03f80c9e92ec3892 10.1/RPMS/lynx-2.8.5-1.3.101mdk.i586.rpm
8a2235e8844d26d93d68fe8450c173d0 10.1/SRPMS/lynx-2.8.5-1.3.101mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 10.1/X86_64:
0ffac10c91727b3c3a9b7988ad254b0c x86_64/10.1/RPMS/lynx-2.8.5-1.3.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
8a2235e8844d26d93d68fe8450c173d0 x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/lynx-2.8.5-1.3.101mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 10.2:
e4776978467d47534e400d3a26b674d6 10.2/RPMS/lynx-2.8.5-1.3.102mdk.i586.rpm
e45d2ae283fa9646076a9d5d9f80938e 10.2/SRPMS/lynx-2.8.5-1.3.102mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 10.2/X86_64:
6ac64a06ce7637ea87040a0631e64ad0 x86_64/10.2/RPMS/lynx-2.8.5-1.3.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
e45d2ae283fa9646076a9d5d9f80938e x86_64/10.2/SRPMS/lynx-2.8.5-1.3.102mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2006.0:
360fdf310e0d9263d3d60b4d9e4190fa 2006.0/RPMS/lynx-2.8.5-4.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm
909b67078592125b37a070d0895fb9ac 2006.0/SRPMS/lynx-2.8.5-4.3.20060mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2006.0/X86_64:
5148d3c09eb8b23f4e4c0f7856f4c141 x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/lynx-2.8.5-4.3.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
909b67078592125b37a070d0895fb9ac x86_64/2006.0/SRPMS/lynx-2.8.5-4.3.20060mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1:
5722c024a1d5642cbfd93e91a5a11e81 corporate/2.1/RPMS/lynx-2.8.5-0.10.4.C21mdk.dev.8.i586.rpm
7794c13cd786fd5bea163b3128d41253 corporate/2.1/SRPMS/lynx-2.8.5-0.10.4.C21mdk.dev.8.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1/X86_64:
df29c26d3532351e2ba0e23785f6bcd5 x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/lynx-2.8.5-0.10.4.C21mdk.dev.8.x86_64.rpm
7794c13cd786fd5bea163b3128d41253 x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/lynx-2.8.5-0.10.4.C21mdk.dev.8.src.rpm

Corporate 3.0:
fcc6ced2d05c127980f5c47ed8b68230 corporate/3.0/RPMS/lynx-2.8.5-1.3.C30mdk.i586.rpm
10408828ef7ed0efc5fe17e641c14556 corporate/3.0/SRPMS/lynx-2.8.5-1.3.C30mdk.src.rpm

Corporate 3.0/X86_64:
cb70e5d88517bf59cc46ee47de6a6a7e x86_64/corporate/3.0/RPMS/lynx-2.8.5-1.3.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
10408828ef7ed0efc5fe17e641c14556 x86_64/corporate/3.0/SRPMS/lynx-2.8.5-1.3.C30mdk.src.rpm

Multi Network Firewall 2.0:
2b08be7e48f71825de929c00cf7eedc4 mnf/2.0/RPMS/lynx-2.8.5-1.3.M20mdk.i586.rpm
033fa133cbe350604917b941b9ae9716 mnf/2.0/SRPMS/lynx-2.8.5-1.3.M20mdk.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
lt;security*mandriva.comgt;
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