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GLSA-201701-08 : w3m: Multiple vulnerabilities

2017-01-0300:00:00
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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.
#%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 201701-08.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2017 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(96239);
  script_version("3.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/11");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-9422", "CVE-2016-9423", "CVE-2016-9424", "CVE-2016-9425", "CVE-2016-9426", "CVE-2016-9428", "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");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201701-08");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-201701-08 : w3m: Multiple vulnerabilities");
  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-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."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All w3m users should upgrade to the latest version:
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/w3m-0.5.3-r9'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");

  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:"2017/01/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/01/03");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2021 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 0.5.3-r9"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 0.5.3-r9"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_warning(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

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