Gentoo: GLSA-201210-01 Addresses w3m SSL Spoofing Vulnerability
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October 18, 2012
An error in the hostname matching of w3m might enable remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks.
Summary
A SSL spoofing vulnerability has been discovered in w3m. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All w3m users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/w3m-0.5.2-r4"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2010-2074 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2074
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201210-01
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Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Severity: Normal
Title: w3m: SSL spoofing vulnerability
Date: October 18, 2012
Bugs: #325431
ID: 201210-01
Topics Covered
Background
w3m is a text based WWW browser.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-client/w3m < 0.5.2-r4 >= 0.5.2-r4
Impact
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A remote attacker might employ a specially crafted certificate to
conduct man-in-the-middle attacks on SSL connections made using w3m.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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