CVE-2006-6772 Information

Description

Format string vulnerability in the inputAnswer function in file.c in w3m before 0.5.2 when run with the dump or backend option allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the Common Name (CN) field of an SSL certificate associated with an https URL.

Reference

http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2415 http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2416 http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051457.html http://secunia.com/advisories/23492 http://secunia.com/advisories/23588 http://secunia.com/advisories/23717 http://secunia.com/advisories/23773 http://secunia.com/advisories/23792 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-06.xml http://securitytracker.com/id?1017440 http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1612792&group_id=39518&atid=425439 http://w3m.cvs.sourceforge.net/checkout/w3m/w3m/NEWS?revision=1.79 http://w3m.cvs.sourceforge.net/w3m/w3m/file.c?r1=1.249&r2=1.250 http://w3m.cvs.sourceforge.net/w3m/w3m/file.c?view=log http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_05_w3m.html http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.044.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21735 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24332 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-399-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5164 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31114 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34821