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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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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugzilla.elinks.cz/show_bug.cgi?id=937 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://secunia.com/advisories/26936 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://secunia.com/advisories/26949 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://secunia.com/advisories/26956 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://secunia.com/advisories/27038 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://secunia.com/advisories/27062 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://secunia.com/advisories/27125 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://secunia.com/advisories/27132 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1380 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0933.html CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481606/100/0/threaded CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25799 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018764 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-519-1 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3278 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/elinks/+bug/141018 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=297981 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10335 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00079.html CVE, Canonical Ltd.
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00335.html CVE, Canonical Ltd.

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:
04/08/2025
Source:
Canonical Ltd.