Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2024.0105
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2024-0105)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'w3m' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2024-0105 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'w3m' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2024-0105 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in w3m, in the Strnew_size function in Str.c. This issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service through a crafted HTML file. (CVE-2023-38252) An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in w3m, in the growbuf_to_Str function in indep.c. This issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service through a crafted HTML file. (CVE-2023-38253) An out-of-bounds write issue has been discovered in the backspace handling of the checkType() function in etc.c within the W3M application. This vulnerability is triggered by supplying a specially crafted HTML file to the w3m binary. Exploitation of this flaw could lead to application crashes, resulting in a denial of service condition. (CVE-2023-4255) Affected Software/OS: 'w3m' package(s) on Mageia 9. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 4.9 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-38252 RHBZ#2222775 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222775 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38252 https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/270 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AULOBQJLXE2KCT5UVQMKGEFL4GFIAOED/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MKFZQUK7FPWWJQYICDZZ4YWIPUPQ2D3R/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TODROGVCWZ435HQIZE6ARQC5LPQLIA5C/ Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-38253 RHBZ#2222779 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222779 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38253 https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/271 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-4255 RHBZ#2255207 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255207 https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/edc602651c506aeeb60544b55534dd1722a340d3 https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/268 https://github.com/tats/w3m/pull/273
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