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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : w3m (SUSE-SU-2023:4439-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 185730

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:4439-1 advisory.

 - An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in w3m, in the Strnew_size function in Str.c. This issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service through a crafted HTML file. (CVE-2023-38252)

 - An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in w3m, in the growbuf_to_Str function in indep.c. This issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service through a crafted HTML file. (CVE-2023-38253)

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

Solution

Update the affected w3m and / or w3m-inline-image packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1213323

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1213324

http://www.nessus.org/u?a901326e

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38252

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38253

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 185730

File Name: suse_SU-2023-4439-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/15/2023

Updated: 12/20/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38253

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:w3m, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 11/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38252, CVE-2023-38253

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:4439-1