GLSA 201210-01: w3m: SSL spoofing vulnerability

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Severity:	normal
Title:	w3m: SSL spoofing vulnerability
Date:	10/18/2012
Bugs:	#325431
ID:	201210-01

Synopsis

An error in the hostname matching of w3m might enable remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks.

Background

w3m is a text based WWW browser.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
www-client/w3m	< 0.5.2-r4	>= 0.5.2-r4	All supported architectures

Description

A SSL spoofing vulnerability has been discovered in w3m. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Impact

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.

Resolution

All w3m users should upgrade to the latest version:

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

References

CVE-2010-2074

Availability

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?

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.