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GLSA-200701-06 : w3m: Format string vulnerability

2007-01-1700:00:00
This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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8

9.3 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.127 Low

EPSS

Percentile

95.5%

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200701-06 (w3m: Format string vulnerability)

w3m in -dump or -backend mode does not correctly handle printf() format     string specifiers in the Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 SSL     certificate.

Impact :

An attacker could entice a user to visit a malicious website that would     load a specially crafted X.509 SSL certificate containing '%n' or other     format string specifiers, possibly resulting in the execution of     arbitrary code with the rights of the user running w3m.

Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200701-06.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(24204);
  script_version("1.16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-6772");
  script_bugtraq_id(21735);
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200701-06");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-200701-06 : w3m: Format string vulnerability");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200701-06
(w3m: Format string vulnerability)

    w3m in -dump or -backend mode does not correctly handle printf() format
    string specifiers in the Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 SSL
    certificate.
  
Impact :

    An attacker could entice a user to visit a malicious website that would
    load a specially crafted X.509 SSL certificate containing '%n' or other
    format string specifiers, possibly resulting in the execution of
    arbitrary code with the rights of the user running w3m.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200701-06"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All w3m users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/w3m-0.5.1-r4'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(134);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:w3m");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/01/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/01/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/12/25");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"www-client/w3m", unaffected:make_list("ge 0.5.1-r4"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 0.5.1-r4"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "w3m");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
gentoolinuxw3mp-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:w3m
gentoolinuxcpe:/o:gentoo:linux

9.3 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.127 Low

EPSS

Percentile

95.5%