Date:         Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:23:41 -0500
Reply-To:     Troy Dawson 
Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux
              
From:         Troy Dawson 
Subject:      Security ERRATA Moderate: w3m on SL5.x i386/x86_64
Comments: To: "scientific-linux-errata@fnal.gov"
          

Synopsis:	Moderate: w3m security update
Issue date:	2010-07-27
CVE Names:	CVE-2010-2074

It was discovered that w3m is affected by the previously published "null
prefix attack", caused by incorrect handling of NULL characters in X.509
certificates. If an attacker is able to get a carefully-crafted 
certificate signed by a trusted Certificate Authority, the attacker 
could use the certificate during a man-in-the-middle attack and 
potentially confuse w3m into accepting it by mistake. (CVE-2010-2074)

SL 5.x

     SRPMS:
w3m-0.5.1-17.el5_5.src.rpm
     i386:
w3m-0.5.1-17.el5_5.i386.rpm
w3m-img-0.5.1-17.el5_5.i386.rpm
     x86_64:
w3m-0.5.1-17.el5_5.x86_64.rpm
w3m-img-0.5.1-17.el5_5.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

SciLinux: CVE-2010-2074 Moderate: w3m SL5.x i386/x86_64

Moderate: w3m security update

Summary

certificates. If an attacker is able to get a carefully-craftedcertificate signed by a trusted Certificate Authority, the attackercould use the certificate during a man-in-the-middle attack andpotentially confuse w3m into accepting it by mistake. (CVE-2010-2074)SL 5.xSRPMS:w3m-0.5.1-17.el5_5.src.rpmi386:w3m-0.5.1-17.el5_5.i386.rpmw3m-img-0.5.1-17.el5_5.i386.rpmx86_64:w3m-0.5.1-17.el5_5.x86_64.rpmw3m-img-0.5.1-17.el5_5.x86_64.rpm-Connie Sieh-Troy Dawson



Security Fixes

Severity
Issued Date: : 2010-07-27
CVE Names: CVE-2010-2074
It was discovered that w3m is affected by the previously published "null
prefix attack", caused by incorrect handling of NULL characters in X.509

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