Gentoo FoundationGLSA-201210-01w3m: SSL spoofing vulnerability
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
74.0%
Background
w3m is a text based WWW browser.
Description
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.
Resolution
All w3m users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/w3m-0.5.2-r4"
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentoo | any | all | www-client/w3m | < 0.5.2-r4 | UNKNOWN |
Related
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
74.0%