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[ MDVSA-2008:217 ] lynx



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 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2008:217
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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 Package : lynx
 Date    : October 28, 2008
 Affected: Corporate 3.0, Corporate 4.0, Multi Network Firewall 2.0
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 Problem Description:

 A flaw was found in the way Lynx handled .mailcap and .mime.types
 configuration files.  If these files were present in the current
 working directory, they would be loaded prior to similar files in
 the user's home directory.  This could allow a local attacker to
 possibly execute arbitrary code as the user running Lynx, if they
 could convince the user to run Lynx in a directory under their control
 (CVE-2006-7234).
 
 A vulnerability was found in the Lynxcgi: URI handler that could allow
 an attacker to create a web page redirecting to a malicious URL that
 would execute arbitrary code as the user running Lynx, if they were
 using the non-default Advanced user mode (CVE-2008-4690).
 
 This update corrects these issues and, in addition, makes Lynx always
 prompt the user before loading a lynxcgi: URI.  As well, the default
 lynx.cfg configuration file marks all lynxcgi: URIs as untrusted.
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 References:

 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-7234
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4690
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 Updated Packages:

 Corporate 3.0:
 52caf1fa68f721262582a92b206d37cd  
corporate/3.0/i586/lynx-2.8.5-1.4.C30mdk.i586.rpm 
 3c047c7623e2225f8756b0c5bafda34d  
corporate/3.0/SRPMS/lynx-2.8.5-1.4.C30mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate 3.0/X86_64:
 5cb50d077a5e7e7e0a013a2587d56c18  
corporate/3.0/x86_64/lynx-2.8.5-1.4.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm 
 3c047c7623e2225f8756b0c5bafda34d  
corporate/3.0/SRPMS/lynx-2.8.5-1.4.C30mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate 4.0:
 e1759c02ffc4435cd36344c6e5739a0f  
corporate/4.0/i586/lynx-2.8.5-4.4.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm 
 18e40caa595ef9220aef5d988c656ef4  
corporate/4.0/SRPMS/lynx-2.8.5-4.4.20060mlcs4.src.rpm

 Corporate 4.0/X86_64:
 4c89dec9780616b58132b4632f81ec38  
corporate/4.0/x86_64/lynx-2.8.5-4.4.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm 
 18e40caa595ef9220aef5d988c656ef4  
corporate/4.0/SRPMS/lynx-2.8.5-4.4.20060mlcs4.src.rpm

 Multi Network Firewall 2.0:
 b7f3f30424e5ce4c4592f1ec0ff70e04  mnf/2.0/i586/lynx-2.8.5-1.4.C30mdk.i586.rpm 
 5cabc724908b48f46f7eb039390db4d0  mnf/2.0/SRPMS/lynx-2.8.5-1.4.C30mdk.src.rpm
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 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
  <security*mandriva.com>
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