Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | w3m vulnerabilities |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-399-1 | First vendor Publication | 2007-01-03 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2007-01-03 |
| 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 | ||
| Calculate full CVSS 3.0 Vectors scores | |||
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 9.3 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 5.10: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: Ubuntu 6.10: In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: A format string vulnerability was discovered in w3m. If a user were tricked into visiting an HTTPS URL protected by a specially crafted SSL certificate, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-399-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-134 | Uncontrolled Format String (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-10-10 | Name : SLES9: Security update for w3m File : nvt/sles9p5018293.nasl |
| 2009-03-23 | Name : Ubuntu Update for w3m vulnerabilities USN-399-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_399_1.nasl |
| 2009-02-27 | Name : Fedora Update for w3m FEDORA-2007-078 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_078_w3m_fc5.nasl |
| 2009-01-28 | Name : SuSE Update for w3m SUSE-SA:2007:005 File : nvt/gb_suse_2007_005.nasl |
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200701-06 (w3m) File : nvt/glsa_200701_06.nasl |
| 2008-09-04 | Name : FreeBSD Ports: w3m, w3m-img, w3m-m17n, w3m-m17n-img, ja-w3m, ja-w3m-img File : nvt/freebsd_w3m.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 31581 | w3m SSL Certificate Common Name Format String |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-09-24 | Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse9_11376.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-12-13 | Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_w3m-2439.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-11-10 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-399-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-10-17 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_w3m-2433.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-02-18 | Name : The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch File : suse_SA_2007_005.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-01-17 | Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2007-077.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-01-17 | Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2007-078.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-01-17 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200701-06.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-01-08 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_9347d82d9a6611dbb271000e35248ad7.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 12:04:03 |
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