USN-6580-1: w3m vulnerability

15 January 2024

w3m could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website.

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Releases

Packages

  • w3m - WWW browsable pager with excellent tables/frames support

Details

It was discovered that w3m incorrectly handled certain HTML files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or
execute arbitrary code.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 23.10
Ubuntu 23.04
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 14.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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