SUSE-SU-2023:4439-1

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    SUSE-SU-2023:4439-1

    Published: 14 Nov 2023Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for w3m

    Details: This update for w3m fixes the following issues: - Update to version 0.5.3+git20230121 - CVE-2023-38252: Fixed an out-of-bounds write in function Strnew_size that allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTML file. (bsc#1213324) - CVE-2023-38253: Fixed an out-of-bounds write in function growbuf_to_Str that allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTML file. (bsc#1213323)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20234439-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1213323, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1213324, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38252, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38253

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: w3m

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.5.3+git20230121-150000.3.6.1

    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
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