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Ubuntu: USN-3214-1 (CVE-2016-9435): w3m vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3214-1 (CVE-2016-9435): w3m vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/20/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/03/2017
Modified
04/25/2018

Description

The HTMLtagproc1 function in file.c in w3m before 0.5.3+git20161009 does not properly initialize values, which allows remote attackers to crash the application via a crafted html file, related to <dd> tags.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-w3m

References

  • USN-3214-1
  • 94407
  • GLSA-201701-08
  • CVE-2016-9435

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