Gentoo: 200701-27 Normal: ELinks Samba Command Exploit Threat
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January 31, 2007
ELinks does not properly validate "smb://" URLs, making it vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary Samba commands.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200701-27
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: ELinks: Arbitrary Samba command execution
Date: January 30, 2007
Bugs: #155358
ID: 200701-27
Synopsis
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ELinks does not properly validate "smb://" URLs, making it vulnerable
to the execution of arbitrary Samba commands.
Background
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ELinks is a text mode web browser.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-client/elinks < 0.11.2 >= 0.11.2
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Teemu Salmela discovered an error in the validation code of "smb://"
URLs used by ELinks, the same issue as reported in GLSA 200612-16
concerning Links.
Impact
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A remote attacker cou...
Resolution
References
Availability
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