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Subject:
Security ERRATA for xterm on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64
From:
Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 7 Jan 2009 15:35:29 -0600
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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

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