Debian dla-3541 : w3m - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 180182

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3541 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3541-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Sylvain Beucler August 24, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package : w3m Version : 0.5.3-37+deb10u1 CVE ID : CVE-2022-38223 Debian Bug : 1019599

Han Zheng discovered an out-of-bounds write in w3m, a text based web browser and pager. It can be triggered by sending a crafted HTML file to the w3m binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (DoS) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 0.5.3-37+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your w3m packages.

For the detailed security status of w3m please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/w3m

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the w3m packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180182

File Name: debian_DLA-3541.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/24/2023

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-38223

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:w3m, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:w3m-img

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/24/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-38223

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