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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2592-1 (elinks - programming error)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Marko Myllynen discovered that ELinks, a powerful text-mode browser, incorrectly delegates user credentials during GSS-Negotiate.
Affected Software
Affected Software
elinks on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.12~pre5-2+squeeze1. Since the initial Squeeze release, XULRunner needed to be updated and the version currently in the archive is incompatible with ELinks. As such, JavaScript support needed to be disabled (only a small subset of typical functionality was supported anyway). It will likely be re-enabled in a later point update. For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 0.12~pre5-9. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.12~pre5-9. We recommend that you upgrade your elinks packages.