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GLSA-201210-01 : w3m: SSL spoofing vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62631

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201210-01 (w3m: SSL spoofing vulnerability)

 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.

Solution

All w3m users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/w3m-0.5.2-r4'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201210-01

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62631

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201210-01.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Published: 10/19/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:w3m, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/18/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2074

BID: 40837

GLSA: 201210-01