Bug 1324348

Summary:	w3m: denial of service with crafted html files
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	eng-i18n-bugs, i18n-bugs, michel, pnemade
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Last Closed:	2016-05-16 06:09:08 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1324349, 1324350, 1336287
Bug Blocks:	1324351

Description Andrej Nemec 2016-04-06 06:51:22 UTC

A vulnerability was found in w3m package. A maliciously crafted html file opened with specific command could cause the application to crash.

Original bug report (reproducer attached):

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=820162

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2016-04-06 06:51:49 UTC

Created w3m tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1324349]
Affects: epel-7 [bug 1324350]

Comment 2 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2016-05-16 06:07:22 UTC

Created emacs-common-w3m tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-6 [bug 1336287]

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2016-05-16 19:06:17 UTC

w3m-0.5.3-20.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.