[ GLSA 201210-01 ] w3m: SSL spoofing vulnerability

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: w3m: SSL spoofing vulnerability (GLSA 201210-01)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: October 18, 2012
Bug(s): #325431
ID: 201210-01

Synopsis

An error in the hostname matching of w3m might enable remote
attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks.


Background

w3m is a text based WWW browser.

Affected Packages

Package: www-client/w3m
Vulnerable: < 0.5.2-r4
Unaffected: >= 0.5.2-r4
Architectures: All supported architectures


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: