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Conectiva update for lynx

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SA9499

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Release Date:

2003-08-12

Popularity:

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Critical:

Not critical

Impact:

Manipulation of data

Where:

Local system

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

OS:

Conectiva Linux 7.0
Conectiva Linux 8

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Solution:
This is hardly a security issue. Any script taking arguments from non-trusted users and passing them on to lynx should do proper checking of the arguments, as it possibly could be abused to much more dangerous things than making lynx download something from the wrong domain.

Updated packages:

-- Conectiva Linux 7.0 --

ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/lynx-2.8.4-1U70_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/lynx-doc-2.8.4-1U70_1cl.i386.rpm

SRPM:
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/SRPMS/lynx-2.8.4-1U70_1cl.src.rpm

-- Conectiva Linux 8 --

ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/lynx-2.8.4-4U80_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/lynx-doc-2.8.4-4U80_1cl.i386.rpm

SRPM:
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/SRPMS/lynx-2.8.4-4U80_1cl.src.rpm

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