medium4.7
CVE-2018-6198
w3m through 0.5.3 does not properly handle temporary files when the ~/.w3m directory is unwritable, which allows a local attacker to craft a symlink attack to …
Impact
w3m through 0.5.3 does not properly handle temporary files when the ~/.w3m directory is unwritable, which allows a local attacker to craft a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Tats | W3m | through 0.5.3 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 17.10 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00028.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102855
- https://bugs.debian.org/888097
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753
- https://salsa.debian.org/debian/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-2/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00028.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102855
- https://bugs.debian.org/888097
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753
- https://salsa.debian.org/debian/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-2/