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CentOS 4 / 5 : elinks (CESA-2009:1471)

high Nessus Plugin ID 43798

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated elinks package that fixes two security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

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

ELinks is a text-based Web browser. ELinks does not display any images, but it does support frames, tables, and most other HTML tags.

An off-by-one buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the way ELinks handled its internal cache of string representations for HTML special entities. A remote attacker could use this flaw to create a specially crafted HTML file that would cause ELinks to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when rendered. (CVE-2008-7224)

It was discovered that ELinks tried to load translation files using relative paths. A local attacker able to trick a victim into running ELinks in a folder containing specially crafted translation files could use this flaw to confuse the victim via incorrect translations, or cause ELinks to crash and possibly execute arbitrary code via embedded formatting sequences in translated messages. (CVE-2007-2027)

All ELinks users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to resolve these issues.

Solution

Update the affected elinks package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4d665bde

http://www.nessus.org/u?f0eaa8e2

http://www.nessus.org/u?cee8b1e8

http://www.nessus.org/u?01be5679

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 43798

File Name: centos_RHSA-2009-1471.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/6/2010

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: Medium

Score: 5.5

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: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: 10/6/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2027, CVE-2008-7224

CWE: 119, 134

RHSA: 2009:1471