Executive Summary

Summary
Title New links2 packages fix arbitrary shell command execution
Informations
Name DSA-1240 First vendor Publication 2006-12-21
Vendor Debian Last vendor Modification 2006-12-21
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision 1

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Teemu Salmela discovered that the links2 character mode web browser performs insufficient sanitising of smb:// URIs, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary shell commands.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.1pre16-1sarge1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 2.1pre26-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.1pre26-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your links2 package.

Original Source

Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1240

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11213
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11213
Title: Links web browser 1.00pre12 and Elinks 0.9.2 with smbclient installed allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in an smb:// URI, as demonstrated by using PUT and GET statements.
Description: Links web browser 1.00pre12 and Elinks 0.9.2 with smbclient installed allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in an smb:// URI, as demonstrated by using PUT and GET statements.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2006-5925
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-10-27 Name : Ubuntu USN-851-1 (elinks)
File : nvt/ubuntu_851_1.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200612-16 (links)
File : nvt/glsa_200612_16.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200701-27 (elinks)
File : nvt/glsa_200701_27.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1226-1 (links)
File : nvt/deb_1226_1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1228-1 (elinks)
File : nvt/deb_1228_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
30437 Links/Elinks smbclient smb:// URI Handling Arbitrary Command Execution

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2006-0742.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-10-22 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-851-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2006-0742.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_links-2292.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-18 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2006-216.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-09 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200701-27.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-01-17 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2006-1277.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-01-17 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2006-1278.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-12-30 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1240.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-12-16 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200612-16.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-12-14 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1226.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-12-06 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1228.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-11-20 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2006-0742.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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