CentOS 4 / 5 : elinks (CESA-2007:0933)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 26929

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated ELinks package that corrects a security vulnerability is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

ELinks is a text mode Web browser used from the command line that supports rendering modern web pages.

An information disclosure flaw was found in the way ELinks passes https POST data to a proxy server. POST data sent via a proxy to an https site is not properly encrypted by ELinks, possibly allowing the disclosure of sensitive information. (CVE-2007-5034)

All users of Elinks are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch that resolves this issue.

Solution

Update the affected elinks package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 26929

File Name: centos_RHSA-2007-0933.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 10/9/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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:centos:centos:4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:elinks

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/6/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5034

CWE: 200

RHSA: 2007:0933

Detections

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