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Gentoo: GLSA-200511-09 Normal: Lynx Remote Command Execution

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Calendar Grey November 13, 2005
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Gentoo Linux's advisory GLSA-202310-15 reveals a critical vulnerability in the Lynx web browser, risking unauthorized command execution and user security
Lynx is vulnerable to an issue which allows the remote execution of arbitrary commands.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200511-09 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Lynx: Arbitrary command execution Date: November 13, 2005 Bugs: #112213 ID: 200511-09

Synopsis ======= Lynx is vulnerable to an issue which allows the remote execution of arbitrary commands.
Background ========= Lynx is a fully-featured WWW client for users running cursor-addressable, character-cell display devices such as vt100 terminals and terminal emulators.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-client/lynx < 2.8.5-r2 >= 2.8.5-r2
========== iDefense labs discovered a problem within the feature to execute local cgi-bin programs via the "l...

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