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rPSA-2007-0209-1 elinks

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Subject:	rPSA-2007-0209-1 elinks
Date:	Fri - Oct 05, 2007 09:22 AM

rPath Security Advisory: 2007-0209-1
Published: 2007-10-05
Products: rPath Linux 1
Rating: Minor
Exposure Level Classification:
    Indirect User Deterministic Information Exposure
Updated Versions:
    elinks=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/0.10.5-3.4-1

rPath Issue Tracking System:
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1745

References:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5034

Description:
    Previous versions of the elinks package are vulnerable to an Information
    Exposure when submitting POST requests to an https URL for which a proxy
    has been defined.  This vulnerability may lead to cleartext transmission
    of sensitive data that should have been protected by TLS.

Copyright 2007 rPath, Inc.
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