USN-3555-1: w3m vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3555-1
1st February, 2018
w3m vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in w3m.
Software description
- 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 version:
- Ubuntu 17.10:
-
w3m
0.5.3-34ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
-
w3m
0.5.3-26ubuntu0.2
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
w3m
0.5.3-15ubuntu0.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-3555-1: w3m vulnerabilities
