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HistoryApr 05, 2024 - 12:00 a.m.

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2024-0105)

2024-04-0500:00:00
Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AG
plugins.openvas.org
5
mageia 9
w3m package
denial of service
out-of-bounds read
out-of-bounds write

6.2 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

24.9%

The remote host is missing an update for the

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2024.0105");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-38252", "CVE-2023-38253", "CVE-2023-4255");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2024-04-05 04:13:15 +0000 (Fri, 05 Apr 2024)");
  script_version("2024-04-05T05:05:37+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-04-05 05:05:37 +0000 (Fri, 05 Apr 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.9");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-12-21 16:15:10 +0000 (Thu, 21 Dec 2023)");

  script_name("Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2024-0105)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Mageia Linux Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/mageia_linux", "ssh/login/release", re:"ssh/login/release=MAGEIA9");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"MGASA-2024-0105");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0105.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33027");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MKFZQUK7FPWWJQYICDZZ4YWIPUPQ2D3R/");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'w3m' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2024-0105 advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in w3m, in the Strnew_size function
in Str.c. This issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service
through a crafted HTML file. (CVE-2023-38252)
An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in w3m, in the growbuf_to_Str
function in indep.c. This issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial
of service through a crafted HTML file. (CVE-2023-38253)
An out-of-bounds write issue has been discovered in the backspace
handling of the checkType() function in etc.c within the W3M
application. This vulnerability is triggered by supplying a specially
crafted HTML file to the w3m binary. Exploitation of this flaw could
lead to application crashes, resulting in a denial of service condition.
(CVE-2023-4255)");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'w3m' package(s) on Mageia 9.");

  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-rpm.inc");

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

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "MAGEIA9") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"w3m", rpm:"w3m~0.5.3~13.git20230121.1.mga9", rls:"MAGEIA9"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);

6.2 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

24.9%