Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-101 - Lynx does not verify that the server's certificate is signed by a trusted certification authority, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a crafted certificate, related to improper use of a certain GnuTLS function.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2013:101
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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Package : lynx
Date : April 10, 2013
Affected: Business Server 1.0
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Problem Description:
Updated lynx package fixes security vulnerability:
Lynx does not verify that the server's certificate is signed by
a trusted certification authority, which allows man-in-the-middle
attackers to spoof SSL servers via a crafted certificate, related to
improper use of a certain GnuTLS function (CVE-2012-5821).
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5821
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0351
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Updated Packages:
Mandriva Business Server 1/X86_64:
777f25fe8b425d1385af79891e7c0447 mbs1/x86_64/lynx-2.8.7-5.1.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
94b3428d676786e79c7a636dd7ee4e55 mbs1/SRPMS/lynx-2.8.7-5.1.mbs1.src.rpm
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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