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GLSA-200701-27 : ELinks: Arbitrary Samba command execution

high Nessus Plugin ID 24312

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200701-27 (ELinks: Arbitrary Samba command execution)

 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 :

 A remote attacker could entice a user to browse to a specially crafted 'smb://' URL and execute arbitrary Samba commands, which would allow the overwriting of arbitrary local files or the upload or download of arbitrary files. This vulnerability can be exploited only if 'smbclient' is installed on the victim's computer, which is provided by the 'samba' Gentoo package.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All ELinks users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/elinks-0.11.2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200701-27

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 24312

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200701-27.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 2/9/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:elinks, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/30/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5925

GLSA: 200701-27