| Name | CVE-2012-6709 |
| Description | ELinks 0.12 and Twibright Links 2.3 have Missing SSL Certificate Validation. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 510417, 694658, 891575 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| elinks (PTS) | jessie | 0.12~pre6-5 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 0.12~pre6-12 | vulnerable |
| buster | 0.13~20190125-3 | fixed |
| bullseye, bookworm | 0.13.2-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 0.17.0-2 | fixed |
| links2 (PTS) | jessie | 2.8-2 | fixed |
| stretch | 2.14-2 | fixed |
| buster | 2.18-2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.21-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.28-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.29-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| elinks | source | experimental | 0.13~20190125-1 | | | |
| elinks | source | (unstable) | 0.13~20190125-3 | low | | 891575 |
| links2 | source | (unstable) | 2.6-1 | | | 510417, 694658 |
Notes
[stretch] - elinks <ignored> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - elinks <ignored> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - elinks <ignored> (Minor issue)
Patch proposed upstream (when using): http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/elinks-dev/2015-June/002099.html
tested links2 against badssl.com, no apparent issue back in wheezy
src:links2/2.6-1 adds verify-ssl-certs-510417.diff to verify SSL certs.
src:links2 upstream in 2.11 adds support for verifying SSL certificates.