579312 – <www-client/w3m-0.5.3-r9: denial of service with crafted html files

Bug 579312 - <www-client/w3m-0.5.3-r9: denial of service with crafted html files

Summary: <www-client/w3m-0.5.3-r9: denial of service with crafted html files

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal minor (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

URL:	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug....
Whiteboard:	B3 [glsa]
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Blocks:

Reported:	2016-04-08 09:31 UTC by Agostino Sarubbo
Modified:	2017-01-01 16:18 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2016-04-08 09:31:46 UTC

From ${URL} :

A vulnerability was found in w3m package. A maliciously crafted html file opened with specific 
command could cause the application to crash.

Original bug report (reproducer attached):

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=820162


@maintainer(s): after the bump, in case we need to stabilize the package, please let us know if it is ready for the stabilization or not.

Comment 1 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2017-01-01 16:18:17 UTC

This issue was resolved and addressed in
 GLSA 201701-08 at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08
by GLSA coordinator Thomas Deutschmann (whissi).