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CentOS Update for elinks CESA-2009:1471 centos5 i386
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'elinks' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
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) It was discovered that ELinks tried to load translation files using relative paths. A local attacker able to trick a victim into running ELinks in a folder containing specially-crafted translation files could use this flaw to confuse the victim via incorrect translations, or cause ELinks to crash and possibly execute arbitrary code via embedded formatting sequences in translated messages. (CVE-2007-2027) All ELinks users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to resolve these issues.
Affected Software
Affected Software
elinks on CentOS 5
Solution
Solution
Please install the updated packages.