Oval Definition:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13402
Revision Date:2014-06-30Version:20
Title:USN-851-1 -- elinks vulnerabilities
Description:Teemu Salmela discovered that Elinks did not properly validate input when processing smb:// URLs. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website and had smbclient installed, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. Jakub Wilk discovered a logic error in Elinks, leading to a buffer overflow. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program
Family:unixClass:patch
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CVE-2006-5925
CVE-2008-7224
USN-851-1
USN-851-1
Platform(s):Ubuntu 6.06
Product(s):elinks
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 6.06 is installed
  • AND Supported architectures section
  • Installed architecture is sparc
  • OR Installed architecture is i386
  • OR Installed architecture is amd64
  • OR Installed architecture is powerpc
  • AND Packages section
  • elinks-lite DPKG is earlier than 0.10.6-1ubuntu3.4
  • OR elinks DPKG is earlier than 0.10.6-1ubuntu3.4
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