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Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3214-1)

🗓️ 03 Mar 2017 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'w3m' package(s) announced via the USN-3214-1 advisory. 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

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.843072");
  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_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-03-03 04:50:19 +0000 (Fri, 03 Mar 2017)");
  script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:06+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:06 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2016-12-12 20:14:24 +0000 (Mon, 12 Dec 2016)");

  script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3214-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU(12\.04\ LTS|14\.04\ LTS)");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-3214-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3214-1");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'w3m' package(s) announced via the USN-3214-1 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", 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.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'w3m' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "UBUNTU12.04 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"w3m", ver:"0.5.3-5ubuntu1.2", rls:"UBUNTU12.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "UBUNTU14.04 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"w3m", ver:"0.5.3-15ubuntu0.1", rls:"UBUNTU14.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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