Debian Security Advisory
DSA-210-1 lynx -- CRLF injection
- Date Reported:
- 13 Dec 2002
- Affected Packages:
- lynx, lynx-ssl
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 5499.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2002-1405. - More information:
-
lynx (a text-only web browser) did not properly check for illegal characters in all places, including processing of command line options, which could be used to insert extra HTTP headers in a request.
For Debian GNU/Linux 2.2/potato this has been fixed in version 2.8.3-1.1 of the lynx package and version 2.8.3.1-1.1 of the lynx-ssl package.
For Debian GNU/Linux 3.0/woody this has been fixed in version 2.8.4.1b-3.2 of the lynx package and version 1:2.8.4.1b-3.1 of the lynx-ssl package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (potato)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.3.1.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.3.1-1.1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.3-1.1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.3.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.3-1.1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.3.1-1.1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.3.1-1.1.dsc
- alpha (DEC Alpha):
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.3.1-1.1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.3-1.1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.3-1.1_alpha.deb
- arm (ARM):
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.3.1-1.1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.3-1.1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.3-1.1_arm.deb
- i386 (Intel ia32):
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.3-1.1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.3.1-1.1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.3.1-1.1_i386.deb
- m68k (Motorola Mc680x0):
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.3-1.1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.3.1-1.1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.3.1-1.1_m68k.deb
- powerpc (PowerPC):
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.3.1-1.1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.3-1.1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.3-1.1_powerpc.deb
- sparc (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC):
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.3-1.1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.3.1-1.1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.3.1-1.1_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.4.1b.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.4.1b-3.2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.4.1b-3.1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.4.1b-3.2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.4.1b-3.1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.4.1b-3.2.diff.gz
- alpha (DEC Alpha):
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.4.1b-3.2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.4.1b-3.1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.4.1b-3.1_alpha.deb
- arm (ARM):
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.4.1b-3.2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.4.1b-3.1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.4.1b-3.1_arm.deb
- hppa (HP PA RISC):
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.4.1b-3.2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.4.1b-3.1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.4.1b-3.1_hppa.deb
- i386 (Intel ia32):
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.4.1b-3.1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.4.1b-3.2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.4.1b-3.2_i386.deb
- ia64 (Intel ia64):
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.4.1b-3.2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.4.1b-3.1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.4.1b-3.1_ia64.deb
- m68k (Motorola Mc680x0):
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.4.1b-3.2_m68k.deb
- mips (MIPS (Big Endian)):
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.4.1b-3.1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.4.1b-3.2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.4.1b-3.2_mips.deb
- mipsel (MIPS (Little Endian)):
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.4.1b-3.2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.4.1b-3.1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.4.1b-3.1_mipsel.deb
- powerpc (PowerPC):
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.4.1b-3.1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.4.1b-3.2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.4.1b-3.2_powerpc.deb
- s390 (IBM S/390):
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.4.1b-3.2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.4.1b-3.1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.4.1b-3.1_s390.deb
- sparc (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC):
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx-ssl/lynx-ssl_2.8.4.1b-3.1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.4.1b-3.2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lynx/lynx_2.8.4.1b-3.2_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.