Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 21, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-5034
CVE-2007-5034
Description
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.
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References
20- bugzilla.elinks.cz/show_bug.cginvd
- secunia.com/advisories/26936nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/26949nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/26956nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27038nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27062nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27125nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27132nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1380nvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0933.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481606/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25799nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-519-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3278nvd
- bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/elinks/+bug/141018nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10335nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00079.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00335.htmlnvd
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