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Debian DSA-210-1 : lynx - CRLF injection

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15047

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

lynx (a text-only web browser) did not properly check for illegal characters in all places, including processing of command line options, which could be used to insert extra HTTP headers in a request.

For Debian GNU/Linux 2.2/potato this has been fixed in version 2.8.3-1.1 of the lynx package and version 2.8.3.1-1.1 of the lynx-ssl package.

For Debian GNU/Linux 3.0/woody this has been fixed in version 2.8.4.1b-3.2 of the lynx package and version 1:2.8.4.1b-3.1 of the lynx-ssl package.

Solution

Upgrade the affected lynx, and lynx-ssl packages.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-210

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15047

File Name: debian_DSA-210.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lynx, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lynx-ssl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2002

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/18/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-1405

BID: 5499

DSA: 210