CVE-2010-2074 Information

Description

istream.c in w3m 0.5.2 and possibly other versions when ssl_verify_server is enabled does not properly handle a ‘\0’ character in a domain name in the (1) subject’s Common Name or (2) Subject Alternative Name field of an X.509 certificate which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.

Reference

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044401.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html http://osvdb.org/65538 http://secunia.com/advisories/40134 http://secunia.com/advisories/40733 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/14/4 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0565.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40837 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024252 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1467 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1879 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1928