w3m inputAnswer function format string
| w3m-inputanswer-format-string (34821) |  High Risk |
Description:
w3m could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by a format string vulnerability in the inputAnswer function. By supplying a specially-crafted SSL certificate with a CN value containing specially-crafted format specifiers, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary commands on the system or cause the application to crash, once the certificate is loaded by the w3m browser.
Note: Successful exploitation requires that the application is running with the -dump or -backend option.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 8 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 5.9 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of w3m (0.5.2 or later), available from SourceForge.net: Detail: 1612792. See References.
References:
- SourceForge.net: Detail: 1612792: crashes on -dump or -backend with "%n%n" in SSL certificate.
- w3m CVS NEWS revision 1.79: w3m 0.5.2 - 2007-05-31.
- BID-24332: W3M Browser InputAnswer Format String Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-3125: Format string vulnerability in the inputAnswer function in file.c in w3m before 0.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the CN field in an SSL certificate associated with an https URL.
- OpenPKG-SA-2006.044: W3M
Platforms Affected:
- w3m w3m prior to 0.5.2
Reported:
May 31, 2007
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