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CentOS Update for w3m CESA-2010:0565 centos5 i386
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'w3m' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The w3m program is a pager (or text file viewer) that can also be used as a text mode web browser. It was discovered that w3m is affected by the previously published 'null prefix attack', caused by incorrect handling of NULL characters in X.509 certificates. If an attacker is able to get a carefully-crafted certificate signed by a trusted Certificate Authority, the attacker could use the certificate during a man-in-the-middle attack and potentially confuse w3m into accepting it by mistake. (CVE-2010-2074) All w3m users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
Affected Software
Affected Software
w3m on CentOS 5
Solution
Solution
Please install the updated packages.