USN-967-1: w3m vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 10.04
• Ubuntu 9.10
• Ubuntu 9.04
• Ubuntu 8.04
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• w3m - WWW browsable pager with excellent tables/frames support w3m-img

Details

Ludwig Nussel discovered w3m does not properly handle SSL/TLS
certificates with NULL characters in the certificate name. An
attacker could exploit this to perform a machine-in-the-middle
attack to view sensitive information or alter encrypted
communications. (CVE-2010-2074)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 9.10

• w3m - 0.5.2-2ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 9.04

• w3m - 0.5.2-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 8.04

• w3m - 0.5.1-5.1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 6.06

• w3m - 0.5.1-4ubuntu2.6.06.1

Ubuntu 10.04

• w3m - 0.5.2-2.1ubuntu1.1

After a standard system update you need to restart any running instances
of w3m to effect the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2010-2074