The vte_sequence_handler_window_manipulation function in vteseq.c in libvte (aka libvte9) in VTE 0.25.1 and earlier, as used in gnome-terminal, does not properly handle escape sequences, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or obtain potentially sensitive information via a (1) window title or (2) icon title sequence. NOTE: this issue exists because of a CVE-2003-0070 regression.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201412-10 (Multiple packages, Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in 2012)

    Vulnerabilities have been discovered in the packages listed below.
      Please review the CVE identifiers in the Reference section for details.
      EGroupware       VTE       Layer Four Traceroute (LFT)       Suhosin       Slock       Ganglia       Jabber to GaduGadu Gateway   Impact :

    A context-dependent attacker may be able to gain escalated privileges,       execute arbitrary code, cause Denial of Service, obtain sensitive       information, or otherwise bypass security restrictions.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

VTE was vulnerable to an old title set+query attack which could be used by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code (CVE-2010-2713).

This update fixes a vulnerability of VTE to an old title set and query attack which could be used by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-2713)

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in vte :

The vte_sequence_handler_window_manipulation function in vteseq.c in libvte (aka libvte9) in VTE 0.25.1 and earlier, as used in gnome-terminal, does not properly handle escape sequences, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or obtain potentially sensitive information via a (1) window title or (2) icon title sequence. NOTE: this issue exists because of a CVE-2003-0070 regression (CVE-2010-2713).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Kees Cook reports :

Janne Snabb discovered that applications using VTE, such as gnome-terminal, did not correctly filter window and icon title request escape codes. If a user were tricked into viewing specially crafted output in their terminal, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary commands with user privileges.

Janne Snabb discovered that applications using VTE, such as gnome-terminal, did not correctly filter window and icon title request escape codes. If a user were tricked into viewing specially crafted output in their terminal, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary commands with user privileges.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
79963	GLSA-201412-10 : Multiple packages, Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in 2012	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
75770	openSUSE Security Update : vte (openSUSE-SU-2010:0404-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
51634	SuSE 11.1 Security Update : vte, vte-debuginfo, vte-debugsource, vte-devel, vte-doc, vte-lang (SAT Patch Number 2718)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
48428	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : vte (MDVSA-2010:161)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	medium
47776	openSUSE Security Update : vte (openSUSE-SU-2010:0404-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
47752	FreeBSD : vte -- Classic terminal title set+query attack (9a8fecef-92c0-11df-b140-0015f2db7bde)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	medium
47742	Ubuntu 9.04 / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS : vte vulnerability (USN-962-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium

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CVE-2010-2713

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