CVE-2008-4690

Name	CVE-2008-4690
Description	lynx 2.8.6dev.15 and earlier, when advanced mode is enabled and lynx is configured as a URL handler, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted lynxcgi: URL, a related issue to CVE-2005-2929. NOTE: this might only be a vulnerability in limited deployments that have defined a lynxcgi: handler.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
lynx (PTS)	buster, buster (security)	2.8.9rel.1-3+deb10u1	fixed
	bullseye, bullseye (security)	2.9.0dev.6-3~deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	2.9.0dev.12-1	fixed
	sid, trixie	2.9.0rel.0-2	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
lynx	source	(unstable)	(not affected)

- lynx <not-affected> (advanced mode is not switched on in Debian configurations and lynxcgi handlers are really unlikely)