Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59144
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-457-1 (elinks)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to elinks announced via advisory USN-457-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Details follow: Arnaud Giersch discovered that elinks incorrectly attempted to load gettext catalogs from a relative path. If a user were tricked into running elinks from a specific directory, a local attacker could execute code with user privileges. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: elinks 0.10.6-1ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 6.10: elinks 0.11.1-1ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 7.04: elinks 0.11.1-1.2ubuntu2.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-457-1 Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 4.4
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-2027 BugTraq ID: 23844 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23844 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-03.xml http://osvdb.org/35668 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9741 http://secunia.com/advisories/25169 http://secunia.com/advisories/25198 http://secunia.com/advisories/25255 http://secunia.com/advisories/25550 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/ http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-457-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1686
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