MGASA-2018-0312

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    MGASA-2018-0312

    Published: 11 Jul 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated w3m packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that w3m incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (CVE-2018-6196, CVE-2018-6197). It was discovered that w3m incorrectly handled temporary files. An attacker could possibly use this to overwrite arbitrary files (CVE-2018-6198).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0312.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22504, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-1/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: w3m

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/w3m?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.5.3-13.git20180520.0.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High