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Fedora 12 : w3m-0.5.2-17.fc12 (2010-10369)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 47768

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Resolves:rh#604864-CVE-2010-2074 w3m: doesn't handle NULL in Common Name properly

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Solution

Update the affected w3m package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=604855

http://www.nessus.org/u?6ce3be22

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 47768

File Name: fedora_2010-10369.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2010

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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:fedoraproject:fedora:w3m, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:12

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/24/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2074

BID: 40837

FEDORA: 2010-10369