CVE-2007-5034 | BDVDB-2026-26459 Detail
Description#
ELinks before 0.11.3, when sending a POST request for an https URL, appends the body and content headers of the POST request to the CONNECT request in cleartext, which allows remote attackers to sniff sensitive data that would have been protected by TLS. NOTE: this issue only occurs when a proxy is defined for https.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26956
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10335
- http://bugzilla.elinks.cz/show_bug.cgi?id=937
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27062
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00335.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27125
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1380
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26936
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0933.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481606/100/0/threaded
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=297981
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018764
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/elinks/+bug/141018
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00079.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25799
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.