Executive Summary

Summary
Title w3m vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-3555-2 First vendor Publication 2018-02-01
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2018-02-01
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in w3m.

Software Description: - w3m: WWW browsable pager with excellent tables/frames support

Details:

USN-3555-2 fixed vulnerabilities in w3m. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details:

テつ It was discovered that w3m incorrectly handled certain inputs. テつ An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. テつ (CVE-2018-6196, CVE-2018-6197)

テつ It was discovered that w3m incorrectly handled temporary files. テつ An attacker could possibly use this to overwrite arbitrary files. テつ (CVE-2018-6198)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: テつ w3mテつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ 0.5.3-5ubuntu1.3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References: テつ https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3555-2 テつ https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3555-1 テつ CVE-2018-6196, CVE-2018-6197, CVE-2018-6198

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3555-2

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
50 % CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 5
Os 4

Nessusツョ Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-02-09 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-0ad6e73ac0.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-02-05 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_e72d5bf507a011e882480021ccb9e74d.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2018-02-08 21:22:24
  • Multiple Updates
2018-02-01 21:22:27
  • Multiple Updates
2018-02-01 21:20:05
  • First insertion