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'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62631

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201210-01.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 10/19/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:w3m

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

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