1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-457-1

USN-457-1: elinks vulnerability

Publication date

7 May 2007

Overview

elinks vulnerability

Releases

Details

Arnaud Giersch discovered that elinks incorrectly attempted to load
gettext catalogs from a relative path. If a user were tricked into
running elinks from a specific directory, a local attacker could execute
code with user privileges.

Arnaud Giersch discovered that elinks incorrectly attempted to load
gettext catalogs from a relative path. If a user were tricked into
running elinks from a specific directory, a local attacker could execute
code with user privileges.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
7.04 feisty elinks –  0.11.1-1.2ubuntu2.1
6.10 edgy elinks –  0.11.1-1ubuntu2.1
6.06 dapper elinks –  0.10.6-1ubuntu3.1

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