CVE-2007-5034
elinks - information disclosure
EPSS 2.6%
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.
How to fix CVE-2007-5034
To remediate CVE-2007-5034, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/elinks—upgrade to 0.11.1-1.5 or later
- Debian/elinks—upgrade to 0.11.1-1.2etch1 or later
Is CVE-2007-5034 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 0.11.1-1.5
- from 0, < 0.11.1-1.2etch1