openSUSE Security Update : w3m (openSUSE-SU-2010:0393-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 47777

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

w3m did not handle embedded nul characters in the common name and in subject alternative names of x509 certificates. CVE-2010-2074 has been assigned to this issue. This update also turns on verification of x509 certificates by default which was not the case before.

Solution

Update the affected w3m packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 47777

File Name: suse_11_2_w3m-100616.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/21/2010

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:w3m, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:w3m-inline-image

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2074

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