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ELSA-2010-0565 Moderate: Enterprise Linux w3m security update

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ELSA-2010-0565 Moderate: Enterprise Linux w3m security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/16/2010
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/20/2011
Modified
04/11/2019

Description

istream.c in w3m 0.5.2 and possibly other versions, when ssl_verify_server is enabled, does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the (1) subject's Common Name or (2) Subject Alternative Name field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-w3m
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-w3m-img

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