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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63121
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 8 FEDORA-2009-0154 (xterm)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to xterm
announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-0154.

Update Information:

This update fixes the following security issue: CRLF injection vulnerability
in xterm allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via LF
(aka \n) characters surrounding a command name within a Device Control Request
Status String (DECRQSS) escape sequence in a text file, a related issue to
CVE-2003-0063 and CVE-2003-0071.

ChangeLog:

* Tue Jan 6 2009 Miroslav Lichvar 238-1
- update to 238 (#479000, CVE-2008-2383)
- set default values of allowWindowOps and allowFontOps resources to false

References:

[ 1 ] Bug #479000 - xterm executes arbitrary commands
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479000

Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.

This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update xterm' at the command line.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum,
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2009-0154

CVSS Score:
9.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-0063
BugTraq ID: 6940
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6940
Bugtraq: 20030224 Terminal Emulator Security Issues (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2
Debian Security Information: DSA-380 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-380
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-064.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-065.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-066.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-067.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11414.php
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-0071
BugTraq ID: 6950
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6950
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11415.php
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-2383
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
BugTraq ID: 33060
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33060
Cert/CC Advisory: TA09-133A
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
Debian Security Information: DSA-1694 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1694
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00072.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00184.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9317
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0018.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0019.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021522
http://secunia.com/advisories/33318
http://secunia.com/advisories/33388
http://secunia.com/advisories/33397
http://secunia.com/advisories/33418
http://secunia.com/advisories/33419
http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
http://secunia.com/advisories/33820
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-254208-1
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2009:002 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2009:003 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/703-1/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
XForce ISS Database: xterm-decrqss-code-execution(47655)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47655
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