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Home > Products and services > CSIRTUK advisories > Advisories archive > November 2005 > Two Fedora Update Notifications: 1. FEDORA-2005-1078 - Fedora Core 3 - lynx 2. FEDORA-2005-1079 - Fedora Core 4 - lynx

November 2005

Two Fedora Update Notifications: 1. FEDORA-2005-1078 - Fedora Core 3 - lynx 2. FEDORA-2005-1079 - Fedora Core 4 - lynx

ID: 01022
Ref: 959/2005
Date: 15 November 2005:14:47:14
Version: 1

Title: Two Fedora Update Notifications: 1. FEDORA-2005-1078 - Fedora Core 3 - lynx 2. FEDORA-2005-1079 - Fedora Core 4 - lynx
Abstract:
Vendors affected: Fedora
Operating systems affected: Fedora
Applications affected: Fedora


Title
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Two Fedora Update Notifications:

1. FEDORA-2005-1078 - Fedora Core 3 - lynx

2. FEDORA-2005-1079 - Fedora Core 4 - lynx


Detail
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1. Lynx is a text-based Web browser. Lynx does not display any images,
but it does support frames, tables, and most other HTML tags. One
advantage Lynx has over graphical browsers is speed; Lynx starts and
exits quickly and swiftly displays webpages.

2. Lynx is a text-based Web browser. Lynx does not display any images,
but it does support frames, tables, and most other HTML tags. One
advantage Lynx has over graphical browsers is speed; Lynx starts and
exits quickly and swiftly displays webpages


1.


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2005-1078
2005-11-14
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Product : Fedora Core 3
Name : lynx
Version : 2.8.5
Release : 18.0.2
Summary : A text-based Web browser.
Description :
Lynx is a text-based Web browser. Lynx does not display any images,
but it does support frames, tables, and most other HTML tags. One
advantage Lynx has over graphical browsers is speed; Lynx starts and
exits quickly and swiftly displays webpages.
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Update Information:

This update fixes CVE-2005-2929 (lynxcgi: URLs).
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* Mon Nov 14 2005 Tim Waugh 2.8.5-18.0.2
- - Apply patch to fix CVE-2005-2929 (bug #172973).


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This update can be downloaded from:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/3/

024cace7abc7af6585a7d870c5e32aca SRPMS/lynx-2.8.5-18.0.2.src.rpm
fe3aee61b6e59d3216a2019dd10ce83d x86_64/lynx-2.8.5-18.0.2.x86_64.rpm
f26deb1648a100ba2b95ff2b5cdee5e2 x86_64/debug/lynx-debuginfo-2.8.5-18.0.2.x86_64.rpm
dce5c4c57ee166fc003568ba53dfcfb9 i386/lynx-2.8.5-18.0.2.i386.rpm
d26646eabbd780feca47744cebbbd322 i386/debug/lynx-debuginfo-2.8.5-18.0.2.i386.rpm

This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can
launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command.
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2.

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2005-1079
2005-11-14
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Product : Fedora Core 4
Name : lynx
Version : 2.8.5
Release : 23.2
Summary : A text-based Web browser.
Description :
Lynx is a text-based Web browser. Lynx does not display any images,
but it does support frames, tables, and most other HTML tags. One
advantage Lynx has over graphical browsers is speed; Lynx starts and
exits quickly and swiftly displays webpages.

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Update Information:

This update fixes CVE-2005-2929 (lynxcgi: URLs).
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* Mon Nov 14 2005 Tim Waugh 2.8.5-23.2
- - Apply patch to fix CVE-2005-2929 (bug #172973).


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This update can be downloaded from:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/

98dc3b4932b605920708445ec041ee44 SRPMS/lynx-2.8.5-23.2.src.rpm
5c51bd2ee18e3ecdc29d7f4ad07e1d15 ppc/lynx-2.8.5-23.2.ppc.rpm
dddcc8d0b74aafeaa6ca3e26ec018702 ppc/debug/lynx-debuginfo-2.8.5-23.2.ppc.rpm
7e1d5d389ddaf45273eb3fa2162c6697 x86_64/lynx-2.8.5-23.2.x86_64.rpm
f7845d69bbd08e15440e417edef22d3e x86_64/debug/lynx-debuginfo-2.8.5-23.2.x86_64.rpm
c9cd3d4c174dab49a1f93a2337e598e4 i386/lynx-2.8.5-23.2.i386.rpm
b803a08da020c020d23ed7de20885309 i386/debug/lynx-debuginfo-2.8.5-23.2.i386.rpm

This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can
launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command.
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