Vulnerability CVE-2005-3120


Published: 2005-10-17   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
University of kansas -> LYNX 

 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://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/

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