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TITLE:
Fedora update for lynx

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32967

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32967/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/16769/
Fedora 9
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/18642/

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.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when handling certain
"lynxcgi:"-URLs, which can be exploited to execute arbitrary commands
by e.g. tricking a user into following a malicious URL.

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages using the yum utility ("yum update lynx").

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2008-9597:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00143.html

FEDORA-2008-9550:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00066.html

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