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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1380-1 (elinks)

🗓️ 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (c) 2007 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.comType 
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1380-1 for elinks, version 0.11.1-1.2etch1, fixes cleartext HTTP POST data vulnerability

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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_1380_1.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $
# Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 1380-1
#
# Authors:
# Thomas Reinke <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2007 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com
# Text descriptions are largerly excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#

include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_insight = "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.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version
0.11.1-1.2etch1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version
0.11.1-1.5.

We recommend that you upgrade your elinks package.";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing an update to elinks
announced via advisory DSA 1380-1.";

tag_solution = "https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201380-1";

if(description)
{
 script_id(58640);
 script_version("$Revision: 6616 $");
 script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-07 14:10:49 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
 script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 23:19:52 +0100 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
 script_cve_id("CVE-2007-5034");
 script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
 script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
 script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 1380-1 (elinks)");



 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

 script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2007 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com");
 script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
 script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
 script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
 script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
 script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
 script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
 script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
 script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
 exit(0);
}

#
# The script code starts here
#

include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"elinks-lite", ver:"0.11.1-1.2etch1", rls:"DEB4.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"elinks", ver:"0.11.1-1.2etch1", rls:"DEB4.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

if (report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}

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07 Jul 2017 00:00Current
0.2Low risk
Vulners AI Score0.2
EPSS0.02586
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