Debian DSA-1694-1 : xterm - design flaw

high Nessus Plugin ID 35293

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Paul Szabo discovered that xterm, a terminal emulator for the X Window System, places arbitrary characters into the input buffer when displaying certain crafted escape sequences (CVE-2008-2383 ).

As an additional precaution, this security update also disables font changing, user-defined keys, and X property changes through escape sequences.

Solution

Upgrade the xterm package.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 222-1etch3.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 35293

File Name: debian_DSA-1694.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/6/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xterm, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/2/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2383

BID: 33060

CWE: 94

DSA: 1694

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