Bug 2255208

Summary: CVE-2023-4255 w3m: out-of-bounds write in function checkType() in etc.c (incomplete fix for CVE-2022-38223) [fedora-all]
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: TEJ RATHI <trathi>
Component: w3mAssignee: Robert Scheck <redhat-bugzilla>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Fixed In Version: w3m-0.5.3-63.git20230121.fc40 w3m-0.5.3-63.git20230121.fc39 w3m-0.5.3-63.git20230121.fc38 Doc Type: No Doc Update
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Description TEJ RATHI 2023-12-19 10:31:25 UTC
More information about this security flaw is available in the following bug:

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255207

Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.

Comment 1 TEJ RATHI 2023-12-19 10:31:29 UTC
Use the following template to for the 'fedpkg update' request to submit an
update for this issue as it contains the top-level parent bug(s) as well as
this tracking bug.  This will ensure that all associated bugs get updated
when new packages are pushed to stable.

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# bugfix, security, enhancement, newpackage (required)
type=security

# low, medium, high, urgent (required)
severity=medium

# testing, stable
request=testing

# Bug numbers: 1234,9876
bugs=2255207,2255208

# Description of your update
notes=Security fix for [PUT CVEs HERE]

# Enable request automation based on the stable/unstable karma thresholds
autokarma=True
stable_karma=3
unstable_karma=-3

# Automatically close bugs when this marked as stable
close_bugs=True

# Suggest that users restart after update
suggest_reboot=False

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Additionally, you may opt to use the bodhi web interface to submit updates:

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/new

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2024-03-18 23:08:42 UTC
FEDORA-2024-3fc66f8bf3 (w3m-0.5.3-63.git20230121.fc39) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 39.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-3fc66f8bf3

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2024-03-18 23:08:52 UTC
FEDORA-2024-aeb75f8b5b (w3m-0.5.3-63.git20230121.fc40) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 40.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-aeb75f8b5b

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2024-03-18 23:09:04 UTC
FEDORA-2024-38c2261ca0 (w3m-0.5.3-63.git20230121.fc38) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 38.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-38c2261ca0

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2024-03-19 01:55:17 UTC
FEDORA-2024-aeb75f8b5b has been pushed to the Fedora 40 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2024-aeb75f8b5b`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-aeb75f8b5b

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2024-03-19 02:06:09 UTC
FEDORA-2024-3fc66f8bf3 has been pushed to the Fedora 39 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2024-3fc66f8bf3`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-3fc66f8bf3

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2024-03-19 03:15:32 UTC
FEDORA-2024-38c2261ca0 has been pushed to the Fedora 38 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2024-38c2261ca0`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-38c2261ca0

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2024-03-23 00:41:15 UTC
FEDORA-2024-aeb75f8b5b (w3m-0.5.3-63.git20230121.fc40) has been pushed to the Fedora 40 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2024-03-27 01:26:35 UTC
FEDORA-2024-3fc66f8bf3 (w3m-0.5.3-63.git20230121.fc39) has been pushed to the Fedora 39 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2024-03-27 01:37:11 UTC
FEDORA-2024-38c2261ca0 (w3m-0.5.3-63.git20230121.fc38) has been pushed to the Fedora 38 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.