Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for elinks. This fixes a weakness, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for elinks
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27062
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27062/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information
WHERE:
>From local network
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
http://secunia.com/product/13652/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/product/13653/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4669/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
http://secunia.com/product/4668/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4670/
SOFTWARE:
RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server)
http://secunia.com/product/14052/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for elinks. This fixes a weakness, which
can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive
information.
For more information:
SA26956
SOLUTION:
Updates are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0933.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA26956:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26956/
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