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TITLE:
w3m SSL Certificate NULL Character Processing Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA40134

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-06-25

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in w3m, which can be exploited by
malicious people to conduct spoofing attacks.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing SSL
certificates containing NULL ('\0') characters embedded in certain
certificate fields and can be exploited to spoof certificates for
legitimate domains.

This is related to vulnerability #2 in:
SA36093

The vulnerability is reported in version 0.5.2. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not rely on SSL.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Originally independently discovered by Dan Kaminsky and Moxie
Marlinspike. Reported in w3m by Ludwig Nussel, SUSE.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/14/4

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