CVE-2008-4690

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2008-10-09
CWE:
CWE-78
Bugzilla:
468184: CVE-2008-4690 lynx: remote arbitrary command execution via a crafted lynxcgi: URL

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

lynx 2.8.6dev.15 and earlier, when advanced mode is enabled and lynx is configured as a URL handler, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted lynxcgi: URL, a related issue to CVE-2005-2929. NOTE: this might only be a vulnerability in limited deployments that have defined a lynxcgi: handler.

Find out more about CVE-2008-4690 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 7.5
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (lynx) RHSA-2008:0965 2008-10-27
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (lynx) RHSA-2008:0965 2008-10-27
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (lynx) RHSA-2008:0965 2008-10-27
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (lynx) RHSA-2008:0965 2008-10-27

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