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A vulnerability has been found in Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m up to 0.5.3-32 (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-33. w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and resource consumption) via a crafted HTML page.

The weakness was released 12/12/2016 (oss-sec). The advisory is available at openwall.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-9633. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 95650 (SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : w3m (SUSE-SU-2016:3053-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169597 (OpenSuSE Security Update for w3m (openSUSE-SU-2016:3121-1)).

Upgrading to version 0.5.3-33 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (95650).

Productinfo

Type

• Web Browser

Vendor

• Tatsuya Kinoshita

Name

• w3m

Version

• 0.5.3-32

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 95650
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : w3m (SUSE-SU-2016:3053-1)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for w3m FEDORA-2017-783e8fa63e
OpenVAS File: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍
Upgrade: w3m 0.5.3-33

Timelineinfo

11/23/2016 🔍
12/11/2016 +18 days 🔍
12/12/2016 +1 days 🔍
12/12/2016 +0 days 🔍
09/17/2024 +2836 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 23
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2016-9633 (🔍)

Entryinfo

Created: 12/12/2016 09:37 AM
Updated: 09/17/2024 04:28 AM
Changes: 12/12/2016 09:37 AM (39), 06/08/2017 11:47 PM (17), 10/05/2022 08:34 PM (4), 10/05/2022 08:42 PM (11), 10/05/2022 08:50 PM (1), 09/17/2024 04:28 AM (16)
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