USN-5796-1: w3m vulnerability
9 January 2023
w3m could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website.
Releases
Packages
- w3m - WWW browsable pager with excellent tables/frames support
Details
It was discovered that w3m incorrectly handled certain HTML files. A remote
attacker could use this issue to cause w3m to crash, resulting in a denial
of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 22.10
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-5796-2: w3m, w3m-img