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diff --git a/glsa-201210-01.xml b/glsa-201210-01.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..647c1a5c4469 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-201210-01.xml @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="201210-01"> + <title>w3m: SSL spoofing vulnerability</title> + <synopsis>An error in the hostname matching of w3m might enable remote + attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">w3m</product> + <announced>October 18, 2012</announced> + <revised>October 18, 2012: 1</revised> + <bug>325431</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="www-client/w3m" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.5.2-r4</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">0.5.2-r4</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p>w3m is a text based WWW browser.</p> + </background> + <description> + <p>A SSL spoofing vulnerability has been discovered in w3m. Please review + the CVE identifier referenced below for details. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p>A remote attacker might employ a specially crafted certificate to + conduct man-in-the-middle attacks on SSL connections made using w3m. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p>All w3m users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> + + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/w3m-0.5.2-r4" + </code> + + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2074">CVE-2010-2074</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:37:00 +0000">craig</metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:42:33 +0000">craig</metadata> +</glsa> |