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Debian DSA-1380-1 : elinks - programming error

medium Nessus Plugin ID 26210

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Kalle Olavi Niemitalo discovered that elinks, an advanced text-mode WWW browser, sent HTTP POST data in cleartext when using an HTTPS proxy server potentially allowing private information to be disclosed.

Solution

Upgrade the elinks package.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.11.1-1.2etch1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=443891

https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1380

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 26210

File Name: debian_DSA-1380.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/3/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:elinks

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 10/2/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5034

CWE: 200

DSA: 1380