openSUSE Security Update: w3m security update (CVE-2010-2074) to handle 0 characters in x509 certificates properly. ______________________________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________________________ 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