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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@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


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