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CVE-2006-7234 The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package lynx  (opens in a new tab)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-LYNX-603828
  • published27 Oct 2008
  • disclosed27 Oct 2008
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Introduced: 27 Oct 2008

CVE-2006-7234  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:unstable.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream lynx package and not the lynx package as distributed by Debian.

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.