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CentOS Update for elinks CESA-2013:0250 centos6

🗓️ 15 Feb 2013 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'elinks' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. ELinks is a text-based web browser that supports frames, tables, and most other HTML tags. It was found that ELinks performed client credentials delegation during the client-to-server GSS security mechanisms negotiation, leading to a CVE-2012-4545 vulnerability. All ELinks users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to resolve the issue

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG
# 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_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2013-February/019236.html");
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.881600");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2013-02-15 11:15:37 +0530 (Fri, 15 Feb 2013)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-4545");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.1");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2013:0250");
  script_name("CentOS Update for elinks CESA-2013:0250 centos6");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'elinks'
  package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS6");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"elinks on CentOS 6");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"ELinks is a text-based web browser. ELinks does not display any images, but
  it does support frames, tables, and most other HTML tags.

  It was found that ELinks performed client credentials delegation during the
  client-to-server GSS security mechanisms negotiation. A rogue server could
  use this flaw to obtain the client's credentials and impersonate that
  client to other servers that are using GSSAPI. (CVE-2012-4545)

  This issue was discovered by Marko Myllynen of Red Hat.

  All ELinks users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
  contains a backported patch to resolve the issue.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}

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

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";

if(release == "CentOS6")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"elinks", rpm:"elinks~0.12~0.21.pre5.el6_3", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}

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