Check for the Version of elinks
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
#
# CentOS Update for elinks CESA-2009:1471 centos5 i386
#
# Authors:
# System Generated Check
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), 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.
#
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# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_insight = "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.";
tag_solution = "Please Install the Updated Packages.";
tag_affected = "elinks on CentOS 5";
if(description)
{
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-October/016224.html");
script_id(880805);
script_version("$Revision: 6653 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-10 13:46:53 +0200 (Mon, 10 Jul 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-08-09 08:20:34 +0200 (Tue, 09 Aug 2011)");
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_xref(name: "CESA", value: "2009:1471");
script_cve_id("CVE-2007-2027", "CVE-2008-7224");
script_name("CentOS Update for elinks CESA-2009:1471 centos5 i386");
script_summary("Check for the Version of elinks");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms");
script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = get_kb_item("ssh/login/release");
res = "";
if(release == NULL){
exit(0);
}
if(release == "CentOS5")
{
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"elinks", rpm:"elinks~0.11.1~6.el5_4.1", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
exit(0);
}