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Bug 1399682 - (CVE-2016-9429) CVE-2016-9429 w3m: Global-buffer-overflow write in formUpdateBuffer
CVE-2016-9429 w3m: Global-buffer-overflow write in formUpdateBuffer
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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All Linux
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=low,public=20161003,reported=2...
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Depends On: 1401423 1401424
Blocks: 1399744
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Reported: 2016-11-29 09:50 EST by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2017-03-21 03:30 EDT (History)
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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-11-29 09:50:51 EST
A global-buffer-overflow write will occur in w3m while parsing maliciously crafted input.

Upstream bug:

https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/29

Upstream fix:

https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/d01de738f599441740437c6600dd5b1ae7155d27

References:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/321
Comment 1 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2016-12-05 03:51:52 EST
Created w3m tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1401423]
Affects: epel-7 [bug 1401424]

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