CVE-2007-5034

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-5034
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercanonical
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-09-21 20:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionELinks 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Elinks Elinks All All All All
Application Elinks Elinks All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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Ubuntu update for elinks - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian update for elinks - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Fedora update for elinks - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
ELinks HTTPS POST Request Information Disclosure Weakness af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Bug #141018 “ELinks reveals POST data to HTTPS proxy” : Bugs : elinks package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
297981 – CVE-2007-5034 elinks reveals POST data to HTTPS proxy [F7] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1380-1 elinks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora Core 6 Update: elinks-0.11.3-1.fc6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Red Hat update for elinks - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-519-1: elinks vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
rPath update for elinks - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - ELinks May Disclose POST Request Data in Clear Text to Remote Users af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Fedora update for elinks - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: elinks-0.11.3-1.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
403 Forbidden af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.elinks.cz
ELinks Proxy CONNECT Weakness - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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