Vulnerability Details CVE-2005-3120
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.304
EPSS Ranking 96.5%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.8
CVSS v2 Score 7.5
References
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.7/SCOSA-2006.7.txt
- 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://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17150
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17216
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17230
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17231
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17238
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17248
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17340
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17360
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17444
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17445
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17480
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18376
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18584
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20383
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015065
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.423056
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-010.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-874
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-876
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-15.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:186
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2005.026-lynx.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-803.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419763/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15117
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=170253
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9257
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/206-1/
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.7/SCOSA-2006.7.txt
- 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://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17150
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17216
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17230
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17231
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17238
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17248
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17340
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17360
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17444
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17445
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17480
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18376
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18584
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20383
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015065
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.423056
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-010.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-874
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-876
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-15.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:186
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2005.026-lynx.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-803.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419763/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15117
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=170253
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9257
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/206-1/
Products affected by CVE-2005-3120
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cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:lynx:2.8.6
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1