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.
Published: 2010-06-16
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 1.8% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-2093 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-967-1 w3m vulnerability
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T02:17:14.516Z

Reserved: 2010-05-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-2074

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-06-16T20:30:02.607

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-2074

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2010-06-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-2074 - Bugzilla

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