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CVE-2007-5034 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.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://bugzilla.elinks.cz/show_bug.cgi?id=937
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1380
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0933.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481606/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25799
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018764
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-519-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3278
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/elinks/+bug/141018
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=297981
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10335
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00079.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00335.html

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-5034
NVD Published Date:
09/21/2007
NVD Last Modified:
10/15/2018
Source:
Canonical Ltd.