[OpenPKG-SA-2006.044] OpenPKG Security Advisory (w3m)
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Publisher Name: OpenPKG GmbH
Publisher Home: http://openpkg.com/
Advisory Id (public): OpenPKG-SA-2006.044
Advisory Type: OpenPKG Security Advisory (SA)
Advisory Directory: http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA
Advisory Document: http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA-2006.044
Advisory Published: 2006-12-27 22:47 UTC
Issue Id (internal): OpenPKG-SI-20061227.01
Issue First Created: 2006-12-27
Issue Last Modified: 2006-12-27
Issue Revision: 05
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Subject Name: W3M
Subject Summary: Web Browser
Subject Home: http://w3m.sourceforge.net/
Subject Versions: * <= 0.5.1
Vulnerability Id: none
Vulnerability Scope: global (not OpenPKG specific)
Attack Feasibility: run-time
Attack Vector: remote network
Attack Impact: denial of service
Description:
A format string bug exists [0] in the textual web browser W3M [0].
The bug results in a crash of W3M under run-time options "-dump" or
"-backend" if requesting HTTPS URLs and printf(3) escape sequences
like "%n%n" occur in the Common Name (CN) of the website X.509
certificate.
References:
[0]
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1612792&group_id=39518&atid=425439
[1] http://w3m.sourceforge.net/
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Primary Package Name: w3m
Primary Package Home: http://openpkg.org/go/package/w3m
Corrected Distribution: Corrected Branch: Corrected Package:
OpenPKG Enterprise E1.0-SOLID w3m-0.5.1-E1.0.1
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