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Mageia 2019-0270: Security Update Addressing Links DNS Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey September 12, 2019
Dist Mageia Esm H88
An advisory has been released regarding Mageia’s links package, focusing on DNS-related vulnerabilities. This applies to both versions 6 and 7, with updates provided to enhance security.
Security bug fixed: when links was connected to tor, it would send real dns requests outside the tor network when the displayed page contains link rel="dns-prefetch" code Referenc...

Summary

Security bug fixed: when links was connected to tor, it would send real dns requests outside the tor network when the displayed page contains link rel="dns-prefetch" code References:

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25378

- http://links.twibright.com/download/ChangeLog

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory software update security patch dns issue links mageia

Resolution

SRPMS

- 7/core/links-2.20-1.mga7

- 6/core/links-2.20-1.mga6

Severity
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Publication date: 12 Sep 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0270.html
Type: security

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory software update security patch dns issue links mageia

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