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FreeBSD: VID-E72D5BF5-07A0-11E8-8248-0021CCB9E74D (CVE-2018-6198): w3m - multiple vulnerabilities

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FreeBSD: VID-E72D5BF5-07A0-11E8-8248-0021CCB9E74D (CVE-2018-6198): w3m - multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/24/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/04/2018
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-ja-w3m
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-ja-w3m-img
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-w3m
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-w3m-img

References

  • USN-3555-1
  • USN-3555-2
  • CVE-2018-6198

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