gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200902-04.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200902-04">
<title>xterm: User-assisted arbitrary commands execution</title>
<synopsis>
An error in the processing of special sequences in xterm may lead to
arbitrary commands execution.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">xterm</product>
<announced>2009-02-12</announced>
<revised count="01">2009-02-12</revised>
<bug>253155</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="x11-terms/xterm" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">239</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">239</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
xterm is a terminal emulator for the X Window system.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
Paul Szabo reported an insufficient input sanitization when processing
Device Control Request Status String (DECRQSS) sequences.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>
A remote attacker could entice a user to display a file containing
specially crafted DECRQSS sequences, possibly resulting in the remote
execution of arbitrary commands with the privileges of the user viewing
the file.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All xterm users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=x11-terms/xterm-239"</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2383">CVE-2008-2383</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-01-28T00:33:40Z">
keytoaster
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-02-10T10:22:45Z">
p-y
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-02-10T10:22:57Z">
p-y
</metadata>
</glsa>