Debian DSA-2925-1 : rxvt-unicode - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 73924

Synopsis

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

Description

Phillip Hallam-Baker discovered that window property values could be queried in rxvt-unicode, resulting in the potential execution of arbitrary commands.

Solution

Upgrade the rxvt-unicode packages.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 9.07-2+deb6u1.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 9.15-2+deb7u1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=746593

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/rxvt-unicode

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/rxvt-unicode

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2925

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 73924

File Name: debian_DSA-2925.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/9/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rxvt-unicode, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/8/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3121

BID: 67155

DSA: 2925