Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200701-06 (w3m)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200701-06. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...

GLSA-200701-06 : w3m: Format string vulnerability

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200701-06 w3m: Format string vulnerability w3m in -dump or -backend mode does not correctly handle printf format string specifiers in the Common Name CN field of an X.509 SSL certificate. Impact : An attacker could entice a user t...