Gentoo update for Links

Published: 2014-02-07 | Updated: 2016-09-25

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	1
CVE-ID	CVE-2013-6050
CWE-ID	CWE-20
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Gentoo Linux Operating systems & Components / Operating system
Vendor	Gentoo

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU33854

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6050

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

Integer overflow in Links before 2.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted HTML tables.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.
www-client/links to version: 2.8-r1

Vulnerable software versions

Gentoo Linux: All versions

CPE2.3

External links

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.