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RHEL 4 / 5 : elinks (RHSA-2007:0933)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 26954
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat 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.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 26954
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-0933.nasl
Version: 1.25
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 10/9/2007
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:elinks, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 10/3/2007
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2007
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-5034