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🗓️ 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2009 E-Soft Inc.Type 
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FreeBSD Ports elinks package version 0.11.4rc0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted link

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 E-Soft Inc.
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.66114");
  script_version("2023-07-26T05:05:09+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-26 05:05:09 +0000 (Wed, 26 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-10-27 01:37:56 +0100 (Tue, 27 Oct 2009)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-7224");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_name("FreeBSD Ports: elinks");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 E-Soft Inc.");
  script_family("FreeBSD Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/freebsd", "ssh/login/freebsdrel");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following package is affected: elinks

CVE-2008-7224
Buffer overflow in entity_cache in ELinks before 0.11.4rc0 allows
remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted
link.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update your system with the appropriate patches or
  software upgrades.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=380347");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36574");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/elinks-users/2008-February/001604.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/2544f543-c178-11de-b175-001cc0377035.html");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to the system
  as announced in the referenced advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-bsd.inc");

vuln = FALSE;
txt = "";

bver = portver(pkg:"elinks");
if(!isnull(bver) && revcomp(a:bver, b:"0.11.4")<0) {
  txt += 'Package elinks version ' + bver + ' is installed which is known to be vulnerable.\n';
  vuln = TRUE;
}

if(vuln) {
  security_message(data:txt);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
  exit(99);
}

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26 Jul 2023 00:00Current
6.3Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.3
CVSS 27.8
EPSS0.02835
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