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   openSUSE Security Update: w3m security update (CVE-2010-2074) to handle 0 
characters in x509 certificates properly.
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2010:0393-1
Rating:             low
References:         #609451 
Cross-References:   CVE-2010-2074
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 11.2
                    openSUSE 11.1
                    openSUSE 11.0
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

   w3m did not handle embedded nul characters in the common
   name and in subject alternative names of x509 certificates.
   CVE-2010-2074 has been assigned to this issue. This update
   also turns on verification of x509 certificates by default
   which was not the case before.


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE 11.2:

      zypper in -t patch w3m-2559

   - openSUSE 11.1:

      zypper in -t patch w3m-2559

   - openSUSE 11.0:

      zypper in -t patch w3m-2559

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - openSUSE 11.2 (i586 src x86_64):

      w3m-0.5.2-132.2.1

   - openSUSE 11.2 (i586 x86_64):

      w3m-inline-image-0.5.2-132.2.1

   - openSUSE 11.1 (i586 ppc src x86_64):

      w3m-0.5.2-128.7.1

   - openSUSE 11.1 (i586 ppc x86_64):

      w3m-inline-image-0.5.2-128.7.1

   - openSUSE 11.0 (i586 ppc src x86_64):

      w3m-0.5.2-90.2

   - openSUSE 11.0 (i586 ppc x86_64):

      w3m-inline-image-0.5.2-90.2


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2074.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/609451