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.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3214-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(97522);
script_version("3.7");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/10/20");
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",
"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-2016-9630",
"CVE-2016-9631",
"CVE-2016-9632",
"CVE-2016-9633"
);
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"3214-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : w3m vulnerabilities (USN-3214-1)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"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.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3214-1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected w3m and / or w3m-img packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
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_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2016-9429");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/12/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/03/02");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/03/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:w3m");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:w3m-img");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2017-2023 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2017-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include('debian_package.inc');
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('14.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 14.04', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);
var pkgs = [
{'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'w3m', 'pkgver': '0.5.3-15ubuntu0.1'},
{'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'w3m-img', 'pkgver': '0.5.3-15ubuntu0.1'}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
var osver = NULL;
var pkgname = NULL;
var pkgver = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
if (ubuntu_check(osver:osver, pkgname:pkgname, pkgver:pkgver)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : ubuntu_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'w3m / w3m-img');
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
canonical | ubuntu_linux | w3m | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:w3m |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | w3m-img | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:w3m-img |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9422
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9423
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9424
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9425
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9426
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9428
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9429
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9430
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9431
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9432
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9433
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9434
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9435
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9436
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9437
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9438
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9439
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9440
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9441
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9442
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9443
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9622
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9623
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9624
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9625
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9626
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9627
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9628
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9629
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9630
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9631
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9632
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9633
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3214-1