Ubuntu Security Notice 3214-1 - A large number of security issues were discovered in the w3m browser. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security, including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, and arbitrary code execution.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3214-1
March 02, 2017
w3m vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in w3m.
Software Description:
- w3m: WWW browsable pager with excellent tables/frames support
Details:
A large number of security issues were discovered in the w3m browser. If a
user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could
exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security, including
cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, and arbitrary code
execution.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
w3m 0.5.3-15ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
w3m 0.5.3-5ubuntu1.2
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3214-1
CVE-2016-9422, CVE-2016-9423, CVE-2016-9424, CVE-2016-9425,
CVE-2016-9426, CVE-2016-9428, CVE-2016-9429, CVE-2016-9430,
CVE-2016-9431, CVE-2016-9432, CVE-2016-9433, CVE-2016-9434,
CVE-2016-9435, CVE-2016-9436, CVE-2016-9437, CVE-2016-9438,
CVE-2016-9439, CVE-2016-9440, CVE-2016-9441, CVE-2016-9442,
CVE-2016-9443, CVE-2016-9622, CVE-2016-9623, CVE-2016-9624,
CVE-2016-9625, CVE-2016-9626, CVE-2016-9627, CVE-2016-9628,
CVE-2016-9629, CVE-2016-9630, CVE-2016-9631, CVE-2016-9632,
CVE-2016-9633
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/w3m/0.5.3-15ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/w3m/0.5.3-5ubuntu1.2