Synopsis: Important: xterm security update
Issue date: 2009-01-07
CVE Names: CVE-2008-2383
A flaw was found in the xterm handling of Device Control Request Status
String (DECRQSS) escape sequences. An attacker could create a malicious
text file (or log entry, if unfiltered) that could run arbitrary commands
if read by a victim inside an xterm window. (CVE-2008-2383)
SL 3.0.x
SRPMS:
xterm-179-11.EL3.src.rpm
i386:
xterm-179-11.EL3.i386.rpm
x86_64:
xterm-179-11.EL3.x86_64.rpm
SL 4.x
SRPMS:
xterm-192-8.el4_7.2.src.rpm
i386:
xterm-192-8.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
x86_64:
xterm-192-8.el4_7.2.x86_64.rpm
SL 5.x
SRPMS:
xterm-215-5.el5_2.2.src.rpm
i386:
xterm-215-5.el5_2.2.i386.rpm
x86_64:
xterm-215-5.el5_2.2.x86_64.rpm
-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson