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Fedora update for lynx
Secunia Advisory: SA17248
Release Date: 2005-10-18
Popularity: 6,657 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Fedora Core 3
Fedora Core 4

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-3120


Description:
Fedora has issued an update for lynx. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA17216

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

Fedora Core 3:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/3/

fdbaaff433cb649b3885b831cfe9d538 SRPMS/lynx-2.8.5-18.0.1.src.rpm
2335e89d1ed378a38a12dcb9402f3cec x86_64/lynx-2.8.5-18.0.1.x86_64.rpm
5b7385421cadb7094250ea302a08ab24 x86_64/debug/lynx-debuginfo-2.8.5-18.0.1.x86_64.rpm
632c6928877f4e7c1922d06c79a3444f i386/lynx-2.8.5-18.0.1.i386.rpm
4d1d7a88b9782979c697e95dd4fc8386 i386/debug/lynx-debuginfo-2.8.5-18.0.1.i386.rpm

Fedora Core 4:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/

0aff3f237d549faf4761df85fa7b5292 SRPMS/lynx-2.8.5-23.1.src.rpm
f35975eed95b9d3f54c04acbbc3ccde8 ppc/lynx-2.8.5-23.1.ppc.rpm
efdd58234b1ad7d5aa4cc74b92b3cd19 ppc/debug/lynx-debuginfo-2.8.5-23.1.ppc.rpm
491d61c1e642df2d97eeb68089875521 x86_64/lynx-2.8.5-23.1.x86_64.rpm
d5430134a3f81dd79c58467385f0ab1d x86_64/debug/lynx-debuginfo-2.8.5-23.1.x86_64.rpm
00b31da69c3edb8fe480f0017013386d i386/lynx-2.8.5-23.1.i386.rpm
d89bc8b6a3f3f8d74416b57a08d214f5 i386/debug/lynx-debuginfo-2.8.5-23.1.i386.rpm

Other References:
SA17216:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17216/


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