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Fedora Core 5 2006-1277: elinks

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the elinks package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory FEDORA-2006-1277 (elinks).

Links is a text-based Web browser. Links does not display any images,
but it does support frames, tables and most other HTML tags. Links'
advantage over graphical browsers is its speed--Links starts and exits
quickly and swiftly displays Web pages.

Update information :

* Tue Nov 21 2006 Karel Zak 0.11.0-2.4
- fix #215734: CVE-2006-5925 elinks smb protocol arbitrary file access

Solution : Get the newest Fedora Updates
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

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