Security update for w3m
This update for w3m fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed:
- CVE-2018-6196: Prevent infinite recursion in HTMLlineproc0 caused by the feed_table_block_tag function which did not prevent a negative indent value (bsc#1077559)
- CVE-2018-6197: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in formUpdateBuffer (bsc#1077568)
- CVE-2018-6198: w3m did not properly handle temporary files when the ~/.w3m directory is unwritable, which allowed a local attacker to craft a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files (bsc#1077572)
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.
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Submitted by
Karol Babioch (kbabioch)
Fixed bugs
bnc#1077568
VUL-1: CVE-2018-6197: w3m: NULL pointer dereference flaw in formUpdateBuffer in form.c
bnc#1077572
VUL-1: CVE-2018-6198: w3m: 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
bnc#1077559
VUL-1: CVE-2018-6196: w3m: an infinite recursion flaw in HTMLlineproc0 because the feed_table_block_tag function in table.c does not prevent a negative indent value allows for DoS
