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

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

Background
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w3m is a text based WWW browser.

Affected packages
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  1  www-client/w3m              < 0.5.3-r9               >= 0.5.3-r9

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

Impact
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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
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There is no known workaround at this time.

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?cvename=CVE-2016-9435
[ 14 ] CVE-2016-9436
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9436
[ 15 ] CVE-2016-9437
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9437
[ 16 ] CVE-2016-9438
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9438
[ 17 ] CVE-2016-9439
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9439
[ 18 ] CVE-2016-9440
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9440
[ 19 ] CVE-2016-9441
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9441
[ 20 ] CVE-2016-9442
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9442
[ 21 ] CVE-2016-9443
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9443

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/