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TI-2007-04852 Aliases CVE-2007-5034GHSA-ff3h-vr24-34v2

ELinks before 0.11.3, when sending a POST request for an https URL, appends the body and…

Priority LOW 25CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02599 85th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:elinks:elinks:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 0.11.1; up to 0.11.2VulnerableElinks
  • cpe:2.3:a:elinks:elinks:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.11.1; up to 0.11.2 Vulnerable ·Elinks

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2007:0933 Released 2007-10-03 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    elinks security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) elinks-0.11.1-5.1.0.1.el5, elinks-0.11.1-5.1.0.1.el5.i386, elinks-0.11.1-5.1.0.1.el5.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 elinks-0.9.2-3.3.5.2, elinks-0.9.2-3.3.5.2.i386, elinks-0.9.2-3.3.5.2.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) elinks-0.11.1-5.1.0.1.el5, elinks-0.11.1-5.1.0.1.el5.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 elinks-0.9.2-3.3.5.2, elinks-0.9.2-3.3.5.2.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 elinks-0.9.2-3.3.5.2, elinks-0.9.2-3.3.5.2.i386, elinks-0.9.2-3.3.5.2.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 elinks-0.9.2-3.3.5.2, elinks-0.9.2-3.3.5.2.i386, elinks-0.9.2-3.3.5.2.ia64

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2007:0933
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:0933
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2007:0933
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:0933
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:0933
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:0933

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-5034
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ff3h-vr24-34v2

References

Advisory 5

Other 5

  • TI-2006-05708 Links web browser 1.00pre12 and Elinks 0.9.2 with smbclient installed allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2008-06912 Buffer overflow in entity_cache in ELinks before 0.11.4rc0 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2002-01327 CRLF injection vulnerability in Lynx 2.8.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2012-05411 ELinks 0.12 and Twibright Links 2.3 have Missing SSL Certificate Validation. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.9
  • TI-2012-03885 The http_negotiate_create_context function in protocol/http/http_negotiate.c in ELinks… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.1
  • TI-2007-01949 Untrusted search path vulnerability in the add_filename_to_string function in… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.4

Sources

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