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Critical
CVE-2005-3120
Stack-based buffer overflow in the HTrjis function in Lynx 2.8.6...
Vulnerability Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the HTrjis function in Lynx 2.8.6 and earlier allows remote NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code via certain article headers containing Asian characters that cause Lynx to add extra escape (ESC) characters.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015065
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18376
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17216
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17480
- http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.423056
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2005.026-lynx.html
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.47/SCOSA-2005.47.txt
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-October/038019.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17444
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-15.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18584
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17238
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17150
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:186
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17248
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=170253
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-010.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419763/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17360
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17445
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15117
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/206-1/
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9257
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-803.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17231
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17230
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17340
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20383
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.7/SCOSA-2006.7.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-874
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-876
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
lynx, debian linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 3.0, 3.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 17th, 2005
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.