[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201210-01 ] w3m: SSL spoofing vulnerability

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201210-01

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http://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: Normal

Title: w3m: SSL spoofing vulnerability

Date: October 18, 2012

Bugs: #325431

ID: 201210-01

 

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Synopsis

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An error in the hostname matching of w3m might enable remote attackers

to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks.

 

Background

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w3m is a text based WWW browser.

 

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

 

Description

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A SSL spoofing vulnerability has been discovered in w3m. Please review

the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

 

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

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All w3m users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/w3m-0.5.2-r4"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2010-2074

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2074

 

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201210-01.xml

 

Concerns?

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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 ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

https://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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Copyright 2012 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text

belongs to its owner(s).

 

The contents of this document are licensed under the

Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

 

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5