CVE-2005-3120

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.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 30.44% Top 5%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015065 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/18376 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/17216 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/17480 third party advisory broken link
http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html vendor advisory broken link
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.423056 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2005.026-lynx.html vendor advisory broken link
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.47/SCOSA-2005.47.txt vendor advisory broken link
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-October/038019.html mailing list broken link patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/17444 third party advisory broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085 mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-15.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18584 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/17238 third party advisory broken link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/17150 third party advisory broken link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:186 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17248 third party advisory broken link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=170253 issue tracking
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-010.htm third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419763/100/0/threaded broken link vdb entry third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17360 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/17445 third party advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15117 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
https://usn.ubuntu.com/206-1/ vendor advisory broken link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9257 vdb entry signature broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-803.html vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/17231 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/17230 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/17340 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/20383 third party advisory broken link
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.7/SCOSA-2006.7.txt vendor advisory broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-874 mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-876 mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-3120?
CVE-2005-3120 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-3120?
To fix CVE-2005-3120, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-3120 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2005-3120 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~30% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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