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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2005-2929 Detail

Current Description

Lynx 2.8.5, and other versions before 2.8.6dev.15, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) lynxcgi:, (2) lynxexec, and (3) lynxprog links, which are not properly restricted in the default configuration in some environments.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.7/SCOSA-2006.7.txt CVE, MITRE
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.55/SCOSA-2005.55.txt CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17372 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17512 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17546 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17556 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17576 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17666 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17757 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18051 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18376 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18659 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/173 CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015195 CVE, MITRE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-035.htm CVE, MITRE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-09.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=338&type=vulnerabilities CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:211 CVE, MITRE
http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2005.026-lynx.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-839.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419763/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15395 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2394 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23119 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9712 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-2929
NVD Published Date:
11/18/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE