MDVSA-2009:005
- Package name
- xterm
- Date
- 2009-01-11
- Advisory ID
- MDVSA-2009:005
- Affected versions
- 2009.0 x86_64 , CS4.0 x86_64 , 2008.0 i586 , 2009.0 i586 , CS3.0 x86_64 , 2008.0 x86_64 , CS3.0 i586 , 2008.1 x86_64 , 2008.1 i586 , CS4.0 i586
Problem description
A vulnerability has been discovered in xterm, which can be exploited
by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability
is caused due to xterm not properly processing the DECRQSS Device
Control Request Status String escape sequence. This can be exploited
to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands by e.g. tricking a
user into displaying a malicious text file containing a specially
crafted escape sequence via the more command in xterm (CVE-2008-2383).
The updated packages have been patched to prevent this.
Updated packages
2009.0 x86_64
33aa6e252961cfa84aa243f4654bd0b7 2009.0/x86_64/xterm-236-1.1mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm 0852446a157588e61c85ce589d140b7f 2009.0/SRPMS/xterm-236-1.1mdv2009.0.src.rpm
CS4.0 x86_64
7da181fbf15239e44b4f887e1bbbcc03 corporate/4.0/x86_64/xterm-203-1.1.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm dff8e15cc4fd01732ca2097b2bc4731d corporate/4.0/SRPMS/xterm-203-1.1.20060mlcs4.src.rpm
2008.0 i586
0afcdb50028ef42a65de6d144aa132e0 2008.0/i586/xterm-229-2.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 4ab46d69ae67182b660d9d876b2d7d4a 2008.0/SRPMS/xterm-229-2.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm
2009.0 i586
eb3c38a51326b1eafb5d0ad6f4e73ddb 2009.0/i586/xterm-236-1.1mdv2009.0.i586.rpm 0852446a157588e61c85ce589d140b7f 2009.0/SRPMS/xterm-236-1.1mdv2009.0.src.rpm
CS3.0 x86_64
05b5a40265d8a5a9f6da03af5920252a corporate/3.0/x86_64/xterm-184-1.1.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm 8674b5ce234d367814905944cbbb48a6 corporate/3.0/SRPMS/xterm-184-1.1.C30mdk.src.rpm
2008.0 x86_64
0edc195a66de717de16ce187bdb52605 2008.0/x86_64/xterm-229-2.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm 4ab46d69ae67182b660d9d876b2d7d4a 2008.0/SRPMS/xterm-229-2.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm
CS3.0 i586
60f0250c17212cf80c5e81e0ba4f5b82 corporate/3.0/i586/xterm-184-1.1.C30mdk.i586.rpm 8674b5ce234d367814905944cbbb48a6 corporate/3.0/SRPMS/xterm-184-1.1.C30mdk.src.rpm
2008.1 x86_64
8b3dc6fb6c25034b47094c2895244f52 2008.1/x86_64/xterm-232-1.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm 7ae405602b65a1fc1e53ce7b9619ea4c 2008.1/SRPMS/xterm-232-1.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm
2008.1 i586
42985a0486e1bea3196576216dc29fff 2008.1/i586/xterm-232-1.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm 7ae405602b65a1fc1e53ce7b9619ea4c 2008.1/SRPMS/xterm-232-1.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm
CS4.0 i586
3f8bb08944785f50ab189fdc9af829e1 corporate/4.0/i586/xterm-203-1.1.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm dff8e15cc4fd01732ca2097b2bc4731d corporate/4.0/SRPMS/xterm-203-1.1.20060mlcs4.src.rpm