Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-5034 - Information Exposure vulnerability in Elinks
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
ELinks before 0.11.3, when sending a POST request for an https URL, appends the body and content headers of the POST request to the CONNECT request in cleartext, which allows remote attackers to sniff sensitive data that would have been protected by TLS. NOTE: this issue only occurs when a proxy is defined for https.
Vulnerable Configurations
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Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Subverting Environment Variable Values The attacker directly or indirectly modifies environment variables used by or controlling the target software. The attacker's goal is to cause the target software to deviate from its expected operation in a manner that benefits the attacker.
- Footprinting An attacker engages in probing and exploration activity to identify constituents and properties of the target. Footprinting is a general term to describe a variety of information gathering techniques, often used by attackers in preparation for some attack. It consists of using tools to learn as much as possible about the composition, configuration, and security mechanisms of the targeted application, system or network. Information that might be collected during a footprinting effort could include open ports, applications and their versions, network topology, and similar information. While footprinting is not intended to be damaging (although certain activities, such as network scans, can sometimes cause disruptions to vulnerable applications inadvertently) it may often pave the way for more damaging attacks.
- Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible) An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities in client/server communication channel authentication and data integrity. It leverages the implicit trust a server places in the client, or more importantly, that which the server believes is the client. An attacker executes this type of attack by placing themselves in the communication channel between client and server such that communication directly to the server is possible where the server believes it is communicating only with a valid client. There are numerous variations of this type of attack.
- Browser Fingerprinting An attacker carefully crafts small snippets of Java Script to efficiently detect the type of browser the potential victim is using. Many web-based attacks need prior knowledge of the web browser including the version of browser to ensure successful exploitation of a vulnerability. Having this knowledge allows an attacker to target the victim with attacks that specifically exploit known or zero day weaknesses in the type and version of the browser used by the victim. Automating this process via Java Script as a part of the same delivery system used to exploit the browser is considered more efficient as the attacker can supply a browser fingerprinting method and integrate it with exploit code, all contained in Java Script and in response to the same web page request by the browser.
- Session Credential Falsification through Prediction This attack targets predictable session ID in order to gain privileges. The attacker can predict the session ID used during a transaction to perform spoofing and session hijacking.
Nessus
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2007-2224.NASL description Update done because of security issue in elinks 0.11.2 , in this update are included other changes done in devel branch meanwhile(license tags,open macro,license file missing,duplicate buildrequires). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 27761 published 2007-11-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/27761 title Fedora 7 : elinks-0.11.3-1.fc7 (2007-2224) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2007-2224. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(27761); script_version ("1.13"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:25"); script_cve_id("CVE-2007-5034"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2007-2224"); script_name(english:"Fedora 7 : elinks-0.11.3-1.fc7 (2007-2224)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Update done because of security issue in elinks 0.11.2 , in this update are included other changes done in devel branch meanwhile(license tags,open macro,license file missing,duplicate buildrequires). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=297981" ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2007-September/003860.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?d1aadd06" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected elinks and / or elinks-debuginfo packages." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"); script_cwe_id(200); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:elinks"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:elinks-debuginfo"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:7"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/09/24"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/11/06"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! ereg(pattern:"^7([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 7.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC7", reference:"elinks-0.11.3-1.fc7")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"FC7", reference:"elinks-debuginfo-0.11.3-1.fc7")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "elinks / elinks-debuginfo"); }
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2007-710.NASL description Jump to new upstream version because of security issue #297991/done some other changes already committed to devel Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 26932 published 2007-10-09 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/26932 title Fedora Core 6 : elinks-0.11.3-1.fc6 (2007-710) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2007-710. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(26932); script_version ("1.12"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:26"); script_cve_id("CVE-2007-5034"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2007-710"); script_name(english:"Fedora Core 6 : elinks-0.11.3-1.fc6 (2007-710)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Jump to new upstream version because of security issue #297991/done some other changes already committed to devel Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2007-October/004049.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?b3ba6612" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected elinks and / or elinks-debuginfo packages." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"); script_cwe_id(200); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:elinks"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:elinks-debuginfo"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:6"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/10/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/10/09"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! ereg(pattern:"^6([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 6.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC6", reference:"elinks-0.11.3-1.fc6")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"FC6", reference:"elinks-debuginfo-0.11.3-1.fc6")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "elinks / elinks-debuginfo"); }
NASL family Scientific Linux Local Security Checks NASL id SL_20071004_ELINKS_ON_SL5_X.NASL description Details : 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) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 60259 published 2012-08-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/60259 title Scientific Linux Security Update : elinks on SL5.x, SL4.x i386/x86_64 code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text is (C) Scientific Linux. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(60259); script_version("1.4"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:17"); script_cve_id("CVE-2007-5034"); script_name(english:"Scientific Linux Security Update : elinks on SL5.x, SL4.x i386/x86_64"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Details : 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)" ); # https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0710&L=scientific-linux-errata&T=0&P=307 script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?d7206401" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected elinks package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"); script_cwe_id(200); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/08/01"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Scientific Linux Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Scientific Linux " >!< release) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "running Scientific Linux"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Scientific Linux", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"SL4", reference:"elinks-0.9.2-3.3.5.2")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"elinks-0.11.1-5.1.0.1.el5")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2007-0933.NASL description From Red Hat Security Advisory 2007:0933 : 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. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 67576 published 2013-07-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/67576 title Oracle Linux 4 / 5 : elinks (ELSA-2007-0933) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2007:0933 and # Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2007-0933 respectively. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(67576); script_version("1.8"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:07"); script_cve_id("CVE-2007-5034"); script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2007:0933"); script_name(english:"Oracle Linux 4 / 5 : elinks (ELSA-2007-0933)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "From Red Hat Security Advisory 2007:0933 : 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." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2007-October/000349.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2007-October/000350.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2007-October/000351.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected elinks package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"); script_cwe_id(200); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:elinks"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2007/09/21"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/10/03"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/07/12"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Oracle Linux Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/OracleLinux", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/OracleLinux")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux"); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || !pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux)", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux) .*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Oracle Linux"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^(4|5)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux 4 / 5", "Oracle Linux " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && "ia64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Oracle Linux", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"EL4", cpu:"i386", reference:"elinks-0.9.2-3.3.5.2")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"EL4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"elinks-0.9.2-3.3.5.2")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"EL5", reference:"elinks-0.11.1-5.1.0.1.el5")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "elinks"); }
NASL family CentOS Local Security Checks NASL id CENTOS_RHSA-2007-0933.NASL 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. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 26929 published 2007-10-09 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/26929 title CentOS 4 / 5 : elinks (CESA-2007:0933) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2007:0933 and # CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2007:0933 respectively. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(26929); script_version("1.15"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:03"); script_cve_id("CVE-2007-5034"); script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2007:0933"); script_name(english:"CentOS 4 / 5 : elinks (CESA-2007:0933)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote CentOS host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "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." ); # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-October/014274.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?34729a29" ); # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-October/014279.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e5901362" ); # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-October/014280.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?be257557" ); # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-October/014281.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?2dc23d08" ); # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-October/014282.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?bea87880" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected elinks package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"); script_cwe_id(200); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:elinks"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2007/09/21"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/10/06"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/10/09"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"CentOS Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/CentOS/release", "Host/CentOS/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/release"); if (isnull(release) || "CentOS" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "CentOS(?: Linux)? release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "CentOS"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^(4|5)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS 4.x / 5.x", "CentOS " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && "ia64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "CentOS", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", reference:"elinks-0.9.2-3.3.5.2")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-5", reference:"elinks-0.11.1-5.1.0.1.el5")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_WARNING, extra : rpm_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "elinks"); }
NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2007-0933.NASL 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. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 26954 published 2007-10-09 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/26954 title RHEL 4 / 5 : elinks (RHSA-2007:0933) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2007:0933. The text # itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(26954); script_version ("1.24"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2007-5034"); script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2007:0933"); script_name(english:"RHEL 4 / 5 : elinks (RHSA-2007:0933)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "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." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-5034" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0933" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected elinks package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"); script_cwe_id(200); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:elinks"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2007/09/21"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/10/03"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/10/09"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^(4|5)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 4.x / 5.x", "Red Hat " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu); yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo"); if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo)) { rhsa = "RHSA-2007:0933"; yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa); if (!empty_or_null(yum_report)) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_WARNING, extra : yum_report ); exit(0); } else { audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa; audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message); } } else { flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", reference:"elinks-0.9.2-3.3.5.2")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"elinks-0.11.1-5.1.0.1.el5")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"s390x", reference:"elinks-0.11.1-5.1.0.1.el5")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"elinks-0.11.1-5.1.0.1.el5")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_WARNING, extra : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "elinks"); } }
NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-519-1.NASL description Kalle Olavi Niemitalo discovered that if elinks makes a POST request to an HTTPS URL through a proxy, information may be sent in clear-text between elinks and the proxy. Attackers with access to the network could steal sensitive information (such as passwords). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 28124 published 2007-11-10 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2007-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/28124 title Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 : elinks vulnerability (USN-519-1) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-519-1. The text # itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See # <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered # trademark of Canonical, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(28124); script_version("1.14"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:33:01"); script_cve_id("CVE-2007-5034"); script_xref(name:"USN", value:"519-1"); script_name(english:"Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 : elinks vulnerability (USN-519-1)"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated packages."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Kalle Olavi Niemitalo discovered that if elinks makes a POST request to an HTTPS URL through a proxy, information may be sent in clear-text between elinks and the proxy. Attackers with access to the network could steal sensitive information (such as passwords). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/519-1/" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected elinks and / or elinks-lite packages." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"); script_cwe_id(200); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:elinks"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:elinks-lite"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/09/25"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/11/10"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2007-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("ubuntu.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release"); if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu"); release = chomp(release); if (! ereg(pattern:"^(6\.06|6\.10|7\.04)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 6.06 / 6.10 / 7.04", "Ubuntu " + release); if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu); flag = 0; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"elinks", pkgver:"0.10.6-1ubuntu3.2")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"elinks-lite", pkgver:"0.10.6-1ubuntu3.2")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"elinks", pkgver:"0.11.1-1ubuntu2.2")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"elinks-lite", pkgver:"0.11.1-1ubuntu2.2")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"elinks", pkgver:"0.11.1-1.2ubuntu2.2")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"elinks-lite", pkgver:"0.11.1-1.2ubuntu2.2")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_WARNING, extra : ubuntu_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "elinks / elinks-lite"); }
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-1380.NASL 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. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 26210 published 2007-10-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/26210 title Debian DSA-1380-1 : elinks - programming error code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-1380. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(26210); script_version("1.15"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:20"); script_cve_id("CVE-2007-5034"); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1380"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1380-1 : elinks - programming error"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "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." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=443891" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1380" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the elinks package. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.11.1-1.2etch1." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"); script_cwe_id(200); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:elinks"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/10/02"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/10/03"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"elinks", reference:"0.11.1-1.2etch1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"elinks-lite", reference:"0.11.1-1.2etch1")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
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description | ELinks before 0.11.3, when sending a POST request for an https URL, appends the body and content headers of the POST request to the CONNECT request in cleartext, which allows remote attackers to sniff sensitive data that would have been protected by TLS. NOTE: this issue only occurs when a proxy is defined for https. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
family | unix | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10335 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
submitted | 2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
title | ELinks before 0.11.3, when sending a POST request for an https URL, appends the body and content headers of the POST request to the CONNECT request in cleartext, which allows remote attackers to sniff sensitive data that would have been protected by TLS. NOTE: this issue only occurs when a proxy is defined for https. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
version | 27 |
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References
- http://bugzilla.elinks.cz/show_bug.cgi?id=937
- http://bugzilla.elinks.cz/show_bug.cgi?id=937
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26936
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26936
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26949
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26949
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26956
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26956
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27038
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27038
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27062
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27062
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27125
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27125
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27132
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27132
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1380
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1380
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0933.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0933.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481606/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481606/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25799
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25799
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018764
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018764
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-519-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-519-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3278
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3278
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/elinks/+bug/141018
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/elinks/+bug/141018
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=297981
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=297981
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10335
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10335
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00079.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00079.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00335.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00335.html