USN-5796-1 fixed a vulnerability in w3m. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that w3m incorrectly handled certain HTML files. A remote
attacker could use this issue to cause w3m to crash, resulting in a denial
of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
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