DSA-064-1 w3m -- buffer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-064-1 w3m -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

21 Jun 2001

Affected Packages:

w3m

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2001-0700.

More information:

SecureNet Service reported that w3m (a console web browser) has a buffer overflow in its MIME header parsing code. This could be exploited by an attacker if by making a web-server a user visits return carefully crafted MIME headers.

This has been fixed in version 0.1.10+0.1.11pre+kokb23-4, and we recommend that you upgrade your w3m package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (potato)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/w3m_0.1.10+0.1.11pre+kokb23-4.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/w3m_0.1.10+0.1.11pre+kokb23-4.dsc

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/w3m_0.1.10+0.1.11pre+kokb23.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-alpha/w3m_0.1.10+0.1.11pre+kokb23-4_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-arm/w3m_0.1.10+0.1.11pre+kokb23-4_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/w3m_0.1.10+0.1.11pre+kokb23-4_i386.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-powerpc/w3m_0.1.10+0.1.11pre+kokb23-4_powerpc.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-sparc/w3m_0.1.10+0.1.11pre+kokb23-4_sparc.deb