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SUSE: 2023:4439-1 Moderate: w3m Out-Of-Bounds DoS Threat

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Calendar Grey November 14, 2023
Dist Suse Esm H88
The latest w3m update addresses two vulnerabilities that could lead to Denial of Service attacks through specially crafted HTML documents. For further details, check out the SUSE advisory.
* bsc#1213323 * bsc#1213324 Cross-References: * CVE-2023-38252

Summary

## This update for w3m fixes the following issues: * Update to version 0.5.3+git20230121 * CVE-2023-38252: Fixed an out-of-bounds write in function Strnew_size that allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTML file. (bsc#1213324) * CVE-2023-38253: Fixed an out-of-bounds write in function growbuf_to_Str that allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTML file. (bsc#1213323) ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: * openSUSE Leap 15.5 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-4439=1 * Basesystem Module 15-SP4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2023-4439=1 * Basesystem Module 15-SP5

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security advisory moderate DoS SUSE w3m

References

* bsc#1213323

* bsc#1213324

Cross-

* CVE-2023-38252

* CVE-2023-38253

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2023-38252 ( NVD ): 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2023-38253 ( NVD ): 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

* Basesystem Module 15-SP4

* Basesystem Module 15-SP5

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4439-1
Rating: moderate

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security advisory moderate DoS SUSE w3m

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