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openSUSE Security Update : w3m (openSUSE-2019-1142)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 123772
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Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.Description
This update for w3m fixes the following issues :Security issues fixed :
- CVE-2018-6196: Prevent infinite recursion in HTMLlineproc0 caused by the feed_table_block_tag function which did not prevent a negative indent value (bsc#1077559)
- CVE-2018-6197: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in formUpdateBuffer (bsc#1077568)
- CVE-2018-6198: w3m did not properly handle temporary files when the ~/.w3m directory is unwritable, which allowed a local attacker to craft a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files (bsc#1077572)
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.
Solution
Update the affected w3m packages.See Also
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1077559
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 123772
File Name: openSUSE-2019-1142.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 4/5/2019
Updated: 6/5/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.3
Temporal Score: 2.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-6198
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.7
Temporal Score: 4.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:w3m-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:w3m-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:w3m-inline-image-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:w3m, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:w3m-inline-image
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/4/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2018