A large number of security issues were discovered in the w3m browser.
If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security, including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, and arbitrary code execution.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201701-08 (w3m: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in w3m. Please review the       CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of       the process or cause a Denial of Service condition via a maliciously       crafted HTML file.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

This update for w3m fixes the following issues :

  - update to debian git version (bsc#1011293) addressed     security issues: CVE-2016-9621: w3m:
    global-buffer-overflow write (bsc#1012020)     CVE-2016-9622: w3m: null deref (bsc#1012021)     CVE-2016-9623: w3m: null deref (bsc#1012022)     CVE-2016-9624: w3m: near-null deref (bsc#1012023)     CVE-2016-9625: w3m: stack overflow (bsc#1012024)     CVE-2016-9626: w3m: stack overflow (bsc#1012025)     CVE-2016-9627: w3m: heap overflow read + deref     (bsc#1012026) CVE-2016-9628: w3m: null deref     (bsc#1012027) CVE-2016-9629: w3m: null deref     (bsc#1012028) CVE-2016-9630: w3m: global-buffer-overflow     read (bsc#1012029) CVE-2016-9631: w3m: null deref     (bsc#1012030) CVE-2016-9632: w3m: global-buffer-overflow     read (bsc#1012031) CVE-2016-9633: w3m: OOM (bsc#1012032)     CVE-2016-9434: w3m: null deref (bsc#1011283)     CVE-2016-9435: w3m: use uninit value (bsc#1011284)     CVE-2016-9436: w3m: use uninit value (bsc#1011285)     CVE-2016-9437: w3m: write to rodata (bsc#1011286)     CVE-2016-9438: w3m: null deref (bsc#1011287)     CVE-2016-9439: w3m: stack overflow (bsc#1011288)     CVE-2016-9440: w3m: near-null deref (bsc#1011289)     CVE-2016-9441: w3m: near-null deref (bsc#1011290)     CVE-2016-9442: w3m: potential heap buffer corruption     (bsc#1011291) CVE-2016-9443: w3m: null deref     (bsc#1011292)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Security fix for CVE-2016-9422, CVE-2016-9423, CVE-2016-9424, CVE-2016-9425, CVE-2016-9428, CVE-2016-9426, CVE-2016-9429, CVE-2016-9430, CVE-2016-9431, CVE-2016-9432, CVE-2016-9433, CVE-2016-9434, CVE-2016-9435, CVE-2016-9436, CVE-2016-9437, CVE-2016-9438, CVE-2016-9439, CVE-2016-9440, CVE-2016-9441, CVE-2016-9442, CVE-2016-9443, CVE-2016-9622, CVE-2016-9623, CVE-2016-9624, CVE-2016-9625, CVE-2016-9626, CVE-2016-9627, CVE-2016-9628, CVE-2016-9629, CVE-2016-9631, CVE-2016-9630, CVE-2016-9632, CVE-2016-9633

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Update to latest upstream gitrev 20170102

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for w3m fixes the following issues :

  - update to debian git version (bsc#1011293) addressed     security issues: CVE-2016-9622: w3m: null deref     (bsc#1012021) CVE-2016-9623: w3m: null deref     (bsc#1012022) CVE-2016-9624: w3m: near-null deref     (bsc#1012023) CVE-2016-9625: w3m: stack overflow     (bsc#1012024) CVE-2016-9626: w3m: stack overflow     (bsc#1012025) CVE-2016-9627: w3m: heap overflow read +     deref (bsc#1012026) CVE-2016-9628: w3m: null deref     (bsc#1012027) CVE-2016-9629: w3m: null deref     (bsc#1012028) CVE-2016-9630: w3m: global-buffer-overflow     read (bsc#1012029) CVE-2016-9631: w3m: null deref     (bsc#1012030) CVE-2016-9632: w3m: global-buffer-overflow     read (bsc#1012031) CVE-2016-9633: w3m: OOM (bsc#1012032)     CVE-2016-9434: w3m: null deref (bsc#1011283)     CVE-2016-9435: w3m: use uninit value (bsc#1011284)     CVE-2016-9436: w3m: use uninit value (bsc#1011285)     CVE-2016-9437: w3m: write to rodata (bsc#1011286)     CVE-2016-9438: w3m: null deref (bsc#1011287)     CVE-2016-9439: w3m: stack overflow (bsc#1011288)     CVE-2016-9440: w3m: near-null deref (bsc#1011289)     CVE-2016-9441: w3m: near-null deref (bsc#1011290)     CVE-2016-9442: w3m: potential heap buffer corruption     (bsc#1011291) CVE-2016-9443: w3m: null deref     (bsc#1011292)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Multiple remote code execution and denial of service conditions present.

Security fix for CVE-2016-9422, CVE-2016-9423, CVE-2016-9424, CVE-2016-9425, CVE-2016-9428, CVE-2016-9426, CVE-2016-9429, CVE-2016-9430, CVE-2016-9431, CVE-2016-9432, CVE-2016-9433, CVE-2016-9434, CVE-2016-9435, CVE-2016-9436, CVE-2016-9437, CVE-2016-9438, CVE-2016-9439, CVE-2016-9440, CVE-2016-9441, CVE-2016-9442, CVE-2016-9443, CVE-2016-9622, CVE-2016-9623, CVE-2016-9624, CVE-2016-9625, CVE-2016-9626, CVE-2016-9627, CVE-2016-9628, CVE-2016-9629, CVE-2016-9631, CVE-2016-9630, CVE-2016-9632, CVE-2016-9633

And new upstream 20170102 as well

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for w3m fixes the following security issues (bsc#1011293) :

  - CVE-2016-9622: w3m: null deref (bsc#1012021)

  - CVE-2016-9623: w3m: null deref (bsc#1012022)

  - CVE-2016-9624: w3m: near-null deref (bsc#1012023)

  - CVE-2016-9625: w3m: stack overflow (bsc#1012024)

  - CVE-2016-9626: w3m: stack overflow (bsc#1012025)

  - CVE-2016-9627: w3m: heap overflow read + deref     (bsc#1012026)

  - CVE-2016-9628: w3m: null deref (bsc#1012027)

  - CVE-2016-9629: w3m: null deref (bsc#1012028)

  - CVE-2016-9630: w3m: global-buffer-overflow read     (bsc#1012029)

  - CVE-2016-9631: w3m: null deref (bsc#1012030)

  - CVE-2016-9632: w3m: global-buffer-overflow read     (bsc#1012031)

  - CVE-2016-9633: w3m: OOM (bsc#1012032)

  - CVE-2016-9434: w3m: null deref (bsc#1011283)

  - CVE-2016-9435: w3m: use uninit value (bsc#1011284)

  - CVE-2016-9436: w3m: use uninit value (bsc#1011285)

  - CVE-2016-9437: w3m: write to rodata (bsc#1011286)

  - CVE-2016-9438: w3m: null deref (bsc#1011287)

  - CVE-2016-9439: w3m: stack overflow (bsc#1011288)

  - CVE-2016-9440: w3m: near-null deref (bsc#1011289)

  - CVE-2016-9441: w3m: near-null deref (bsc#1011290)

  - CVE-2016-9442: w3m: potential heap buffer corruption     (bsc#1011291)

  - CVE-2016-9443: w3m: null deref (bsc#1011292)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
97522	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : w3m vulnerabilities (USN-3214-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	3/3/2017	10/20/2023	high
96239	GLSA-201701-08 : w3m: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	1/3/2017	1/11/2021	high
95625	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : w3m (SUSE-SU-2016:3046-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	12/8/2016	1/19/2021	high
97866	Fedora 24 : w3m (2017-783e8fa63e)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	3/22/2017	1/6/2021	high
95650	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : w3m (SUSE-SU-2016:3053-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	12/8/2016	1/6/2021	medium
96223	FreeBSD : w3m -- multiple vulnerabilities (eafa3aec-211b-4dd4-9b8a-a664a3f0917a)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	1/3/2017	1/4/2021	high
97700	Fedora 25 : w3m (2017-2e6b693937)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	3/14/2017	1/11/2021	high
95792	openSUSE Security Update : w3m (openSUSE-2016-1457)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	12/14/2016	1/19/2021	medium

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