USN-3555-1: w3m vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 17.10
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• w3m - WWW browsable pager with excellent tables/frames support

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)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 17.10

• w3m - 0.5.3-34ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04

• w3m - 0.5.3-26ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 14.04

• w3m - 0.5.3-15ubuntu0.2

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

References

• CVE-2018-6196
• CVE-2018-6197
• CVE-2018-6198

Related notices

• USN-3555-2: w3m