Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 21, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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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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