GLSA 201701-08: w3m: Multiple vulnerabilities

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

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.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
www-client/w3m	< 0.5.3-r9	>= 0.5.3-r9	All supported architectures

Description

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

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.

Resolution

All w3m users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/w3m-0.5.3-r9"
    

References

• CVE-2016-9422
• CVE-2016-9423
• CVE-2016-9424
• CVE-2016-9425
• CVE-2016-9426
• CVE-2016-9428
• CVE-2016-9429
• CVE-2016-9430
• CVE-2016-9431
• CVE-2016-9432
• CVE-2016-9433
• CVE-2016-9434
• CVE-2016-9435
• CVE-2016-9436
• CVE-2016-9437
• CVE-2016-9438
• CVE-2016-9439
• CVE-2016-9440
• CVE-2016-9441
• CVE-2016-9442
• CVE-2016-9443

Availability

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

Concerns?

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License

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