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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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  09/21/2007

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information

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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

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10335
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10335

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Information Leak / Disclosure (CWE-200)

Change History

3 change records found - show changes

Quick Info

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