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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.881600
Category:CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:CentOS Update for elinks CESA-2013:0250 centos6
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'elinks'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'elinks'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
ELinks is a text-based web browser. ELinks does not display any images, but
it does support frames, tables, and most other HTML tags.

It was found that ELinks performed client credentials delegation during the
client-to-server GSS security mechanisms negotiation. A rogue server could
use this flaw to obtain the client's credentials and impersonate that
client to other servers that are using GSSAPI. (CVE-2012-4545)

This issue was discovered by Marko Myllynen of Red Hat.

All ELinks users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
contains a backported patch to resolve the issue.

Affected Software/OS:
elinks on CentOS 6

Solution:
Please install the updated packages.

CVSS Score:
5.1

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-4545
51569
http://secunia.com/advisories/51569
57065
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57065
DSA-2592
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2592
MDVSA-2013:075
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:075
RHSA-2013:0250
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0250.html
elinks-httpnegotiate-security-bypass(80882)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80882
http://bugzilla.elinks.cz/show_bug.cgi?id=1124
http://repo.or.cz/w/elinks.git/blobdiff/89056e21fc7ab8e1c2d4e06ec9d0c6d01e70669a..da18694ff7dd0b67dfcb3c417fb0579b1e7d02d7:/src/protocol/http/http_negotiate.c
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AG

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