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Gentoo: 201701-08 Normal: w3m Multiple Risks Leading to Code Execution

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Calendar Grey January 1, 2017
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws in w3m may result in unrestricted code execution; patch to reduce vulnerabilities.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in w3m, the worst of which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in w3m. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo code execution w3m normal

Resolution

All w3m users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/w3m-0.5.3-r9"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-9422 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9422 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-9423 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9423 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-9424 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9424 [ 4 ] CVE-2016-9425 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9425 [ 5 ] CVE-2016-9426 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9426 [ 6 ] CVE-2016-9428 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9428 [ 7 ] CVE-2016-9429 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9429 [ 8 ] CVE-2016-9430 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9430 [ 9 ] CVE-2016-9431 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9431 [ 10 ] CVE-2016-9432 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9432 [ 11 ] CVE-2016-9433 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9433 [ 12 ] CVE-2016-9434 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9434 [ 13 ] CVE-2016-9435 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvena...

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: w3m: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 01, 2017
Bugs: #579312, #600176
ID: 201701-08

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo code execution w3m normal

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in w3m, the worst of which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

w3m is a text based WWW browser.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-client/w3m < 0.5.3-r9 >= 0.5.3-r9

Impact

===== A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition via a maliciously crafted HTML file.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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