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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS : elinks vulnerabilities (USN-851-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 42208
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
Teemu Salmela discovered that Elinks did not properly validate input when processing smb:// URLs. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website and had smbclient installed, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2006-5925)Jakub Wilk discovered a logic error in Elinks, leading to a buffer overflow. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2008-7224).
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Solution
Update the affected elinks and / or elinks-lite packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 42208
File Name: ubuntu_USN-851-1.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 10/22/2009
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:elinks-lite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:elinks
Required KB Items: Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu
Patch Publication Date: 10/21/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2006-5925, CVE-2008-7224