Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Elinks vulnerabilities |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-851-1 | First vendor Publication | 2009-10-21 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2009-10-21 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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| 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:N/I:N/A:C) | |||
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| Cvss Base Score | 7.8 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Elinks to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Teemu Salmela discovered that Elinks did not properly validate input when processing smb:// URLs. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website and had smbclient installed, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2006-5925) Jakub Wilk discovered a logic error in Elinks, leading to a buffer overflow. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2008-7224) |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-851-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10126 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10126 | ||
| Title: | 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. | ||
| Description: | 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. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2008-7224 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 CentOS Linux 4 Oracle Linux 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5 Oracle Linux 5 | Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| 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: | |||
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13402 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13402 | ||
| Title: | USN-851-1 -- elinks vulnerabilities | ||
| Description: | Teemu Salmela discovered that Elinks did not properly validate input when processing smb:// URLs. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website and had smbclient installed, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. Jakub Wilk discovered a logic error in Elinks, leading to a buffer overflow. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-851-1 CVE-2006-5925 CVE-2008-7224 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 6.06 | Product(s): | elinks |
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13608 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13608 | ||
| Title: | DSA-1902-1 elinks -- buffer overflow | ||
| Description: | Jakub Wilk discovered an off-by-one buffer overflow in the charset handling of elinks, a feature-rich text-mode WWW browser, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary code if the user is tricked into opening a malformed HTML page. For the old stable distribution, this problem has been fixed in version 0.11.1-1.2etch2. The stable distribution and the unstable distribution already contain a patch for this problem. We recommend that you upgrade your elinks package. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-1902-1 CVE-2008-7224 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | Product(s): | elinks |
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22914 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22914 | ||
| Title: | ELSA-2009:1471: elinks security update (Important) | ||
| Description: | 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. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | ELSA-2009:1471-01 CVE-2007-2027 CVE-2008-7224 | Version: | 13 |
| Platform(s): | Oracle Linux 5 | Product(s): | elinks |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28926 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28926 | ||
| Title: | RHSA-2009:1471 -- elinks security update (Important) | ||
| Description: | An updated elinks package that fixes two security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. 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) | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | RHSA-2009:1471 CESA-2009:1471-CentOS 5 CVE-2007-2027 CVE-2008-7224 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5 | Product(s): | elinks |
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7928 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7928 | ||
| Title: | DSA-1902 elinks -- buffer overflow | ||
| Description: | Jakub Wilk discovered an off-by-one buffer overflow in the charset handling of elinks, a feature-rich text-mode WWW browser, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary code if the user is tricked into opening a malformed HTML page. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-1902 CVE-2008-7224 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | Product(s): | elinks |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 6 | |
| Application | 1 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2011-08-09 | Name : CentOS Update for elinks CESA-2009:1471 centos4 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1471_elinks_centos4_i386.nasl |
| 2011-08-09 | Name : CentOS Update for elinks CESA-2009:1471 centos5 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1471_elinks_centos5_i386.nasl |
| 2009-10-27 | Name : FreeBSD Ports: elinks File : nvt/freebsd_elinks.nasl |
| 2009-10-27 | Name : Ubuntu USN-851-1 (elinks) File : nvt/ubuntu_851_1.nasl |
| 2009-10-13 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1902-1 (elinks) File : nvt/deb_1902_1.nasl |
| 2009-10-13 | Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:1471 (elinks) File : nvt/ovcesa2009_1471.nasl |
| 2009-10-06 | Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1471 File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1471.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 |
|---|---|
| 41949 | ELinks entity_cache Function Overflow |
| 30437 | Links/Elinks smbclient smb:// URI Handling Arbitrary Command Execution |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2014-11-26 | Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing a security update. File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2009-0030.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2013-07-12 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1471.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2013-07-12 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2006-0742.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2012-08-01 | Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update. File : sl_20091001_elinks_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2010-02-24 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1902.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2010-01-06 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update. File : centos_RHSA-2009-1471.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-10-26 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update. File : freebsd_pkg_2544f543c17811deb175001cc0377035.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 |
| 2009-10-02 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1471.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 |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 12:06:21 |
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