elinks — security advisory

{
  "id": "5212e88bce0c61669d1f5ff041bb8fe2259e12dfd934a376f6a98a272f535c97",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5034",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5034",
    "summary": "ELinks before 0.11.3, when sending a POST request for an https URL, appends the body and content headers of the POST request to the CONNECT request in cleartext, which allows remote attackers to sniff sensitive data that would have been protected by TLS. NOTE: this issue only occurs when a proxy is defined for https.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5034",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "elinks",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "0.11.1-1.5",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "elinks",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "0.11.1-1.5",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "elinks",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "0.11.1-1.5",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5034",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5034"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "0.11.1-1.5"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "elinks",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/elinks?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5034.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "low"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "0.11.1-1.5"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "elinks",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/elinks?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5034.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "low"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "0.11.1-1.5"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "elinks",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/elinks?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5034.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "low"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-21T17:47:45.469095398Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2007-5034"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5034"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2007-5034",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 398569,
  "published_at": "2007-09-21T20:17:00+00:00"
}