Alpine: multiple w3m packages: security update to 0.5.3_git20241203-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 427838

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- w3m through 0.5.3 does not properly handle temporary files when the ~/.w3m directory is unwritable, which
allows a local attacker to craft a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files. (CVE-2018-6198)

- w3m through 0.5.3 is prone to an infinite recursion flaw in HTMLlineproc0 because the feed_table_block_tag
function in table.c does not prevent a negative indent value. (CVE-2018-6196)

- w3m through 0.5.3 is prone to a NULL pointer dereference flaw in formUpdateBuffer in form.c.
(CVE-2018-6197)

- There is an out-of-bounds write in checkType located in etc.c in w3m 0.5.3. It can be triggered by sending
a crafted HTML file to the w3m binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service or possibly have
unspecified other impact. (CVE-2022-38223)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 427838

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 6/5/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-6198

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-38223

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6196, CVE-2018-6197, CVE-2018-6198, CVE-2022-38223, CVE-2023-38252, CVE-2023-38253

BID: 102846, 102855

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