Synopsis:	Important: elinks security update

Issue date:	2009-10-01

CVE Names:	CVE-2007-2027 CVE-2008-7224



CVE-2007-2027 elinks tries to load .po files from a non-absolute path

CVE-2008-7224 elinks: entity_cache static array buffer overflow (off-by-one)



An off-by-one buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the way ELinks 

handled its internal cache of string representations for HTML special 

entities. A remote attacker could use this flaw to create a 

specially-crafted HTML file that would cause ELinks to crash or, 

possibly, execute arbitrary code when rendered. (CVE-2008-7224)



It was discovered that ELinks tried to load translation files using

relative paths. A local attacker able to trick a victim into running 

ELinks in a folder containing specially-crafted translation files could 

use this flaw to confuse the victim via incorrect translations, or cause 

ELinks to crash and possibly execute arbitrary code via embedded 

formatting sequences in translated messages. (CVE-2007-2027)





SL 4.x



      SRPMS:

elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.src.rpm

      i386:

elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.i386.rpm

      x86_64:

elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm



SL 5.x



      SRPMS:

elinks-0.11.1-6.el5_4.1.src.rpm

      i386:

elinks-0.11.1-6.el5_4.1.i386.rpm

      x86_64:

elinks-0.11.1-6.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm



-Connie Sieh

-Troy Dawson