gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-201206-32.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201206-32">
  <title>Links: SSL verification vulnerability</title>
  <synopsis>An error in the verification of SSL certificates in Links might
    enable remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks. 
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">Links</product>
  <announced>2012-06-25</announced>
  <revised count="1">2012-06-25</revised>
  <bug>253847</bug>
  <bug>411493</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="www-client/links" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.6</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.6</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Links is a fast lightweight text and graphic web-browser.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>A SSL verification vulnerability and two unspecified vulnerabilities
      have been discovered in Links. Please review the Secunia Advisory
      referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>An attacker might conduct man-in-the-middle attacks. The unspecified
      errors could allow for out-of-bounds reads and writes.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Links users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=www-client/links-2.6"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://secunia.com/Advisories/33391/">Secunia Advisory SA33391</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata timestamp="2011-10-07T23:37:18Z" tag="requester">craig</metadata>
  <metadata timestamp="2012-06-25T18:51:32Z" tag="submitter">craig</metadata>
</glsa>