FrSIRT - SuSE Security Update Fixes W3m "inputAnswer()" Remote Format String Vulnerability / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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SuSE Security Update Fixes W3m "inputAnswer()" Remote Format String Vulnerability

Title : SuSE Security Update Fixes W3m "inputAnswer()" Remote Format String Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2007-0135
CVE ID : CVE-2006-6772
Rated as : Critical

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-01-11

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

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Technical Description

SuSE has released security updates to address a vulnerability identified in W3m [...]

Affected Products

Novell Linux Desktop 9
Novell Linux POS 9
Open Enterprise Server
openSUSE 10.2
SUSE LINUX 10.1
SUSE LINUX 10.0
SUSE LINUX 9.3
SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
SuSE Linux Openexchange Server 4
SUSE LINUX Retail Solution 8
SuSE Linux School Server
SuSE Linux Standard Server 8
SUSE SLED 10
SUSE SLES 10
SUSE SLES 9
UnitedLinux 1.0

ChangeLog

2007-01-11 : Initial release

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