SUSE-SU-2019:0776-1

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    SUSE-SU-2019:0776-1

    Published: 27 Mar 2019Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for w3m

    Details: This update for w3m fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2018-6196: Prevent infinite recursion in HTMLlineproc0 caused by the feed_table_block_tag function which did not prevent a negative indent value (bsc#1077559) - CVE-2018-6197: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in formUpdateBuffer (bsc#1077568) - CVE-2018-6198: w3m did not properly handle temporary files when the ~/.w3m directory is unwritable, which allowed a local attacker to craft a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files (bsc#1077572)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20190776-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1077559, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1077568, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1077572, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6196, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6197, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6198

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: w3m

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4

    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