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Oracle Linux 5 : w3m (ELSA-2010-0565)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68072

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2010-0565 advisory.

 [0.5.1-17]
 - Resolves:rh#604861:Clear execstack requirement also for ia64 architecture

 [0.5.1-16]
 - Resolves:rh#604861:CVE-2010-2074 w3m: doesn't handle NULL in Common Name properly

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected w3m and / or w3m-img packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2010-0565.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68072

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0565.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: 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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-2074

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:w3m, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:w3m-img, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/27/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2074

BID: 40837

RHSA: 2010:0565