CVE-2007-5034

Summary

CVECVE-2007-5034
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-09-21 20:17:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-15 21:40:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

References

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