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.
Published: 2007-09-21
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 2.1% Low
KEV: No
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Action: n/a
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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1380-1 New elinks packages fix information disclosure
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-5015 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-519-1 elinks vulnerability
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Elinks Elinks
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:17:27.970Z

Reserved: 2007-09-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-5034

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-09-21T20:17:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-5034

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2007-02-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-5034 - Bugzilla

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