CVE-2005-3120

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.

• CWE-131

• ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.7/SCOSA-2006.7.txtBroken Link
• ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.47/SCOSA-2005.47.txtBroken Link
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-October/038019.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.htmlBroken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17150Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17216Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17230Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17231Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17238Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17248Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17340Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17360Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17444Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17445Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17480Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18376Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18584Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20383Broken Link
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015065Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.423056Broken Link
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-010.htmThird Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-874Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-876Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-15.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:186Third Party Advisory
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.htmlBroken Link
• http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2005.026-lynx.htmlBroken Link
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-803.htmlBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419763/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15117Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=170253Issue Tracking
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9257Broken Link
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/206-1/Broken Link
• ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.7/SCOSA-2006.7.txtBroken Link
• ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.47/SCOSA-2005.47.txtBroken Link
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-October/038019.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.htmlBroken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17150Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17216Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17230Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17231Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17238Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17248Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17340Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17360Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17444Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17445Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17480Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18376Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18584Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20383Broken Link
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015065Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.423056Broken Link
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-010.htmThird Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-874Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-876Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-15.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:186Third Party Advisory
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.htmlBroken Link
• http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2005.026-lynx.htmlBroken Link
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-803.htmlBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419763/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15117Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=170253Issue Tracking
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9257Broken Link
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/206-1/Broken Link

Published

Oct 17, 2005

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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