Description
Format string vulnerability in the inputAnswer function in file.c in w3m before 0.5.2, when run with the dump or backend option, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the Common Name (CN) field of an SSL certificate associated with an https URL.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://w3m.cvs.sourceforge.net/w3m/w3m/file.c?view=log ↗
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2415 ↗
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051457.html ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5164 ↗
- http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.044.html ↗
- http://w3m.cvs.sourceforge.net/w3m/w3m/file.c?r1=1.249&r2=1.250 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31114 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23717 ↗
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-06.xml ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23492 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23792 ↗
- http://w3m.cvs.sourceforge.net/%2Acheckout%2A/w3m/w3m/NEWS?revision=1.79 ↗
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017440 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34821 ↗
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1612792&group_id=39518&atid=425439 ↗
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_05_w3m.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21735 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24332 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-399-1 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23773 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23588 ↗
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2416 ↗