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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2009:1471 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2009-10-01
Updated:
2009-10-01

RHSA-2009:1471 - Security Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

Important: elinks security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An updated elinks package that fixes two security issues is now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

Description

ELinks is a text-based Web browser. ELinks does not display any images, but
it does support frames, tables, and most other HTML tags.

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)

All ELinks users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
contains backported patches to resolve these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.8 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 235411 - CVE-2007-2027 elinks tries to load .po files from a non-absolute path
  • BZ - 523258 - CVE-2008-7224 elinks: entity_cache static array buffer overflow (off-by-one)

CVEs

  • CVE-2008-7224
  • CVE-2007-2027

References

  • http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
elinks-0.11.1-6.el5_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 7206b137a9c5236de66510b8ffed12ad92fadca4b6f01477fbfff19bac9ec2b1
x86_64
elinks-0.11.1-6.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ad5b17c518e3f22e36813418f8e3cb824a39ff7d29c8b616e734e8f0dea4c94
ia64
elinks-0.11.1-6.el5_4.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 78f4ed2bb90d2f923b0c42f6b991cd0b386dfdb8f70e493b2419b353babe328b
i386
elinks-0.11.1-6.el5_4.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 749ef11b19c356007adbf6997cf29cec0d2100ccbbeac70b3b34ac2eddde4edf

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 991708ba0731e0d5bd4c6e94a6be170821fe95e5b9cac3c84a6db772f9a7146b
x86_64
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6e41c618b1fb3e8e4b54bcbc28be93e19b9e018ae7da0c639939feb1fef22f52
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6e41c618b1fb3e8e4b54bcbc28be93e19b9e018ae7da0c639939feb1fef22f52
ia64
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: bc3542c9ee3d396fc0e80b257b343a284f10e5f7456240f69b000e011a58a989
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: bc3542c9ee3d396fc0e80b257b343a284f10e5f7456240f69b000e011a58a989
i386
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1da04f99ae8b8ca2213376634a08f1e2bccafca6f8d13aba909cf2617279779b
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1da04f99ae8b8ca2213376634a08f1e2bccafca6f8d13aba909cf2617279779b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4

SRPM
x86_64
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8

SRPM
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 991708ba0731e0d5bd4c6e94a6be170821fe95e5b9cac3c84a6db772f9a7146b
x86_64
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6e41c618b1fb3e8e4b54bcbc28be93e19b9e018ae7da0c639939feb1fef22f52
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6e41c618b1fb3e8e4b54bcbc28be93e19b9e018ae7da0c639939feb1fef22f52
ia64
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: bc3542c9ee3d396fc0e80b257b343a284f10e5f7456240f69b000e011a58a989
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: bc3542c9ee3d396fc0e80b257b343a284f10e5f7456240f69b000e011a58a989
i386
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1da04f99ae8b8ca2213376634a08f1e2bccafca6f8d13aba909cf2617279779b
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1da04f99ae8b8ca2213376634a08f1e2bccafca6f8d13aba909cf2617279779b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
elinks-0.11.1-6.el5_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 7206b137a9c5236de66510b8ffed12ad92fadca4b6f01477fbfff19bac9ec2b1
x86_64
elinks-0.11.1-6.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ad5b17c518e3f22e36813418f8e3cb824a39ff7d29c8b616e734e8f0dea4c94
i386
elinks-0.11.1-6.el5_4.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 749ef11b19c356007adbf6997cf29cec0d2100ccbbeac70b3b34ac2eddde4edf

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 991708ba0731e0d5bd4c6e94a6be170821fe95e5b9cac3c84a6db772f9a7146b
x86_64
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6e41c618b1fb3e8e4b54bcbc28be93e19b9e018ae7da0c639939feb1fef22f52
ia64
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: bc3542c9ee3d396fc0e80b257b343a284f10e5f7456240f69b000e011a58a989
i386
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1da04f99ae8b8ca2213376634a08f1e2bccafca6f8d13aba909cf2617279779b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
elinks-0.11.1-6.el5_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 7206b137a9c5236de66510b8ffed12ad92fadca4b6f01477fbfff19bac9ec2b1
x86_64
elinks-0.11.1-6.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ad5b17c518e3f22e36813418f8e3cb824a39ff7d29c8b616e734e8f0dea4c94
i386
elinks-0.11.1-6.el5_4.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 749ef11b19c356007adbf6997cf29cec0d2100ccbbeac70b3b34ac2eddde4edf

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 991708ba0731e0d5bd4c6e94a6be170821fe95e5b9cac3c84a6db772f9a7146b
x86_64
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6e41c618b1fb3e8e4b54bcbc28be93e19b9e018ae7da0c639939feb1fef22f52
i386
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1da04f99ae8b8ca2213376634a08f1e2bccafca6f8d13aba909cf2617279779b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
elinks-0.11.1-6.el5_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 7206b137a9c5236de66510b8ffed12ad92fadca4b6f01477fbfff19bac9ec2b1
s390x
elinks-0.11.1-6.el5_4.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a21da9a8a8f14120304fb759c10b593116faa5c5a2719f9229f2ebec4791b723

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 991708ba0731e0d5bd4c6e94a6be170821fe95e5b9cac3c84a6db772f9a7146b
s390x
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: fa9305b6cd559d9cd2238909dffa90bf71b8a9f4623155231ad938a127d28028
s390
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.s390.rpm SHA-256: 6733dfda1b3758047050711625fe8eca21f5c34eb5233fe294b3223ab83ee725

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.4

SRPM
s390x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8

SRPM
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 991708ba0731e0d5bd4c6e94a6be170821fe95e5b9cac3c84a6db772f9a7146b
s390x
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: fa9305b6cd559d9cd2238909dffa90bf71b8a9f4623155231ad938a127d28028
s390
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.s390.rpm SHA-256: 6733dfda1b3758047050711625fe8eca21f5c34eb5233fe294b3223ab83ee725

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
elinks-0.11.1-6.el5_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 7206b137a9c5236de66510b8ffed12ad92fadca4b6f01477fbfff19bac9ec2b1
ppc
elinks-0.11.1-6.el5_4.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 4263b48ff1081d9f3bf461d34ee9e55d25dda82b2b500fbef744c179a897ad66

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 991708ba0731e0d5bd4c6e94a6be170821fe95e5b9cac3c84a6db772f9a7146b
ppc
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: d2a7ba1b60a9c114f565fa27b3e59997be1bb7e071707ee3403ba7e9134b513e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.4

SRPM
ppc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.8

SRPM
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 991708ba0731e0d5bd4c6e94a6be170821fe95e5b9cac3c84a6db772f9a7146b
ppc
elinks-0.9.2-4.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: d2a7ba1b60a9c114f565fa27b3e59997be1bb7e071707ee3403ba7e9134b513e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
elinks-0.11.1-6.el5_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 7206b137a9c5236de66510b8ffed12ad92fadca4b6f01477fbfff19bac9ec2b1
x86_64
elinks-0.11.1-6.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ad5b17c518e3f22e36813418f8e3cb824a39ff7d29c8b616e734e8f0dea4c94
i386
elinks-0.11.1-6.el5_4.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 749ef11b19c356007adbf6997cf29cec0d2100ccbbeac70b3b34ac2eddde4edf

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