National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3329
Original release date:07/27/2008
Last revised:09/11/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Unspecified vulnerability in Links before 2.1, when "only proxies" is enabled, has unknown impact and attack vectors related to providing "URLs to external programs."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (11/13/2008)
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Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of links as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, and versions of elinks as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5. Versions of links / elinks shipped do not support "only proxies" feature.
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External Source: XF
Name: links-onlyproxies-unspecified(44035)
External Source: BID
Name: 30422
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://links.twibright.com/download/ChangeLog
