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Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.51.0810271235340.1641@faron.mitre.org>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:35:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org>
To: oss-security <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
cc: coley@...re.org
Subject: Re: CVE request: lynx (old) .mailcap handling flaw


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Name: CVE-2006-7234
Status: Candidate
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-7234
Reference: CONFIRM:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=396949
Reference: CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=214205
Reference: MLIST:[oss-security] 20081025 CVE request: lynx (old) .mailcap handling flaw
Reference: URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/25/3

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Lynx before 2.8.6rel.4 allows
local users to execute arbitrary code via malicious (1) .mailcap and
(2) mime.types files in the current working directory.


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