RHEL 2.1 : w3m (RHSA-2003:045)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 12360

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated W3M packages are available that fix two cross-site scripting issues.

W3M is a pager with Web browsing capabilities. Two cross-site scripting (XSS) issues have been found in W3M.

An XSS vulnerability in W3M 0.3.2 allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary HTML and Web script into frames. Frames are disabled by default in the version of W3M shipped with Red Hat Linux Advanced Server and Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation. Therefore, this problem will not appear as long as users do not use W3M with the -F option, or enable frame support in either the /etc/w3m/w3mconfig or ~/.w3m/config configuration files. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2002-1335 to this issue.

An XSS vulnerability in versions of W3M before 0.3.2.2 allows attackers to insert arbitrary HTML and Web script into image attributes. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2002-1348 to this issue.

Users of W3M are advised to upgrade to the updated packages containing W3M 0.2.1 and a patch to correct these vulnerabilities.

Solution

Update the affected w3m package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 12360

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2003-045.nasl

Version: 1.27

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/6/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:w3m, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 2/6/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-1335, CVE-2002-1348

RHSA: 2003:045

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