MGASA-2014-0014

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    MGASA-2014-0014

    Published: 21 Jan 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated elinks package fixes a security vulnerability

    Details: Updated elinks package fixes security vulnerability: When verifying SSL certificates, elinks fails to warn the user if the hostname of the certificate does not match the hostname of the website. The elinks package has been updated to version 0.12-pre6 and patched to fix this issue.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0014.html, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-October/119053.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11460

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: elinks

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/elinks?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.12-3.1.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High