Upstream information
Description
w3m through 0.5.3 does not properly handle temporary files when the ~/.w3m directory is unwritable, which allows a local attacker to craft a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 3.3 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
| National Vulnerability Database | SUSE | |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 4.7 | 3.3 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Local | Local |
| Attack Complexity | High | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low | None |
| User Interaction | None | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | None | None |
| Integrity Impact | High | Low |
| Availability Impact | None | None |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3 | 3 |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SU-2019:0776-1, published Wed Mar 27 08:28:29 MDT 2019
- SUSE-SU-2020:14382-1, published Wed Jun 3 04:16:36 MDT 2020
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1142-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:48:26 2023
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
|---|---|---|
| Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-Azure Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-Azure-BYOS Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-EC2-HVM Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-EC2-HVM-BYOS Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-GCE Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-GCE-BYOS Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-OCI-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-SAP-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-SAP-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-GCE-SAP-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-GCE-SAP-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-OCI-BYOS-SAP-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production |
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| SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 SUSE Manager Server 4.0 |
| Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 GA w3m-0.5.3+git20180125-1.17 |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 SUSE Manager Server 4.2 |
| Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 GA w3m-0.5.3+git20180125-1.17 |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 SUSE Manager Server 4.1 |
| Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 GA w3m-0.5.3+git20180125-1.17 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2019-776 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-776 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 SUSE Manager Server 4.3 |
| Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 GA w3m-0.5.3+git20180125-1.17 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 |
| Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 GA w3m-0.5.3+git20180125-150000.3.3.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 |
| Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 GA w3m-0.5.3+git20230121-150600.16.3 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 |
| Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 GA w3m-0.5.3+git20180125-1.17 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 |
| Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 GA w3m-0.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2019-776 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-776 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 |
| Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 GA w3m-0.5.3.git20161120-161.3.4 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.0 |
| Patchnames: openSUSE Leap 15.0 GA w3m-0.5.3+git20180125-lp150.1.3 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.2 |
| Patchnames: openSUSE Leap 15.2 GA w3m-0.5.3+git20180125-lp152.3.3 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 |
| Patchnames: openSUSE Leap 15.3 GA w3m-0.5.3+git20180125-1.17 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 |
| Patchnames: openSUSE Leap 15.4 GA w3m-0.5.3+git20180125-1.17 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed |
| Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-11504 |
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products under general support and receiving all security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | w3m | Already fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | w3m | Already fixed |
| Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-ESPOS | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP1 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | w3m | Already fixed |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | w3m | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | w3m | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 | w3m | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 | w3m | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 | w3m | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS | w3m | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS | w3m | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS | w3m | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS | w3m | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | w3m | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL | w3m | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS | w3m | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS | w3m | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | w3m | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS | w3m | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | w3m | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | w3m | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.0 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.2 | w3m | Already fixed |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 | w3m | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 | w3m | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 | w3m | Already fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | w3m | Already fixed |
| Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security | w3m | Affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Thu Jan 25 08:39:38 2018CVE page last modified: Wed Oct 30 17:06:43 2024