[PLDSA 20-1] New lynx packages fix CRLF injection

[Krzysiek Taraszka]

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PLD Security Advisory PLDSA 20-1                        security at pld.org.pl
http://www.pld.org.pl/security/                          PLD Security Team
16 January 2003 			http://www.pld.org.pl/security/faq
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Package        : prior to lynx-2.8.5dev.3-5		
Problem-Type   : CRLF injection
PLD-specific   : no

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.

The above problems have been fixed in version 2.8.5dev.12-1 for the
current stable distribution (ra).

We recommend that you upgrade your lynx packages.

wget -c url
	will fetch the file for you
rpm -Uhv file(s)*.rpm
        will upgrade the referenced file.

If you are using "poldek" - the package manager, use the line as given below
for upgrade packages

poldek --update
        will update the internal database
poldek --upgrade 'lynx*'
        will install corrected packages

If you are using "apt" - the package manager, use the line as given below
for upgrade packages

apt-get update
        will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade 'lynx*'
        will install corrected packages

PLD Linux 1.0 alias ra
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  Source archives:

ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists/ra/updates/security/SRPMS/lynx-2.8.5dev.12-1.src.rpm
       MD5 checksum: 09db660eaf33fdd7c4959901e75005a1

  I386 Architecture components:

ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists/ra/updates/security/i386/lynx-2.8.5dev.12-1.i386.rpm
       MD5 checksum: 6d6700814b5296d2f13e0722c9462445


  I586 Architecture components:

ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists/ra/updates/security/i586/lynx-2.8.5dev.12-1.i586.rpm
       MD5 checksum: 74a34fa86446321396e0409eb3e516a8


  I686 Architecture components:

ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists/ra/updates/security/i686/lynx-2.8.5dev.12-1.i686.rpm
       MD5 checksum: b1587e6a26b93a006f76e197ba9d0163


  PowerPC Architecture components:

ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists/ra/updates/security/ppc/lynx-2.8.5dev.12-1.ppc.rpm
       MD5 checksum: cbf46046ee31ae609b2319b4d3495d9b


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If you are using poldek add this line to poldek.conf.
If you are using apt-get add this line to sources.list.

For i386 architecture
poldek:         source = ra-updates-security ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists/ra/updates/security/i386/
apt-get:        rpm ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists ra/apt/i386 base updates-security
For i586 architecture
poldek:         source = ra-updates-security ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists/ra/updates/security/i586/
apt-get:        rpm ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists ra/apt/i586 base updates-security
For i686 architecture
poldek:         source = ra-updates-security ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists/ra/updates/security/i686/
apt-get:        rpm ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists ra/apt/i686 base updates-security
For ppc architecture
poldek:         source = ra-updates-security ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists/ra/updates/security/ppc/
apt-get:        rpm ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists ra/apt/ppc base updates-security