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