{"id":"SUSE-SU-2019:0776-1","summary":"Security update for w3m","details":"This update for w3m fixes several issues.\n\nThese security issues were fixed:\n\n- CVE-2018-6196: Prevent infinite recursion in HTMLlineproc0 caused by the feed_table_block_tag function which did not prevent a negative indent value (bsc#1077559)\n- CVE-2018-6197: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in formUpdateBuffer (bsc#1077568)\n- CVE-2018-6198: w3m did not properly handle temporary files when the ~/.w3m directory is unwritable, which allowed a local attacker to craft a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files (bsc#1077572)\n","modified":"2026-03-11T07:06:26.127485Z","published":"2019-03-27T10:39:30Z","related":["CVE-2018-6196","CVE-2018-6197","CVE-2018-6198"],"upstream":["CVE-2018-6196","CVE-2018-6197","CVE-2018-6198"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20190776-1/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1077559"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1077568"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1077572"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6196"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6197"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6198"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"w3m","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"w3m":"0.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2019:0776-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"w3m","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"w3m":"0.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2019:0776-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"w3m","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"w3m":"0.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2019:0776-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"w3m","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"w3m":"0.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2019:0776-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"w3m","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"w3m":"0.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2019:0776-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"w3m","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"w3m":"0.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2019:0776-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}