CVE-2010-2074

Description

istream.c in w3m 0.5.2 and possibly other versions, when ssl_verify_server is enabled, does not properly handle a character in a domain name in the (1) subjects 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.

Risk Information

Base Score
9.1
MODERATE
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
1.841

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
(RHSA-2010:0565) Moderate: w3m security update w3m-0.5.1-17.el5_5.i386.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2010:0565) Moderate: w3m security update w3m-0.5.1-17.el5_5.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2010:0565) Moderate: w3m security update w3m-img-0.5.1-17.el5_5.i386.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2010:0565) Moderate: w3m security update w3m-img-0.5.1-17.el5_5.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2016:3046-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 ) w3m-0.5.3.git20161120-4.1.x86_64.rpmLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234