W3M SSL Certificate Format String Vulnerability

BID:21735

Info

W3M SSL Certificate Format String Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 21735
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2006-6772
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 25 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 09:40AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to an anonymous researcher.
Vulnerable: W3M W3M 0.5.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS amd64
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
+ Linux kernel 2.4.21
+ Linux kernel 2.4.19
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
S.u.S.E. UnitedLinux 1.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux Standard Server 8.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux School Server for i386
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux Openexchange Server 4.0
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 10.2
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux POS 9
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux Desktop 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Desktop 1.0
S.u.S.E. Linux 9.3 x86-64
S.u.S.E. Linux 9.3 x86
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.1 x86-64
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.1 x86
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.1 ppc
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.0 x86-64
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.0 x86
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.0 ppc
Red Hat Fedora Core6
Red Hat Fedora Core5
OpenPKG OpenPKG 2.5
OpenPKG OpenPKG 2.4
OpenPKG OpenPKG 2.3
OpenPKG OpenPKG 2.2
OpenPKG OpenPKG 2.1
OpenPKG OpenPKG 2.0
OpenPKG OpenPKG Stable
OpenPKG OpenPKG E1.0-Solid
OpenPKG OpenPKG Current
OpenPKG OpenPKG 2-Stable-20061018
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

W3M SSL Certificate Format String Vulnerability

W3M is prone to a format-string vulnerability. This issue can occur when the browser processes SSL certificates that include format specifiers.

A successful exploit could result in the execution of arbitrary code in the context of the user running the browser.

The vulnerability was reported to affect version 0.5.1; prior versions could also be affected.

Exploit / POC

W3M SSL Certificate Format String Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

References

W3M SSL Certificate Format String Vulnerability

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