Debian DLA-2558-2 : xterm regression update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 146521

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

DLA 2558-2 backported a part of the upstream patch which fails to deal with the realloc failures in Debian stretch. This update reverts that part of the patch since it's not really needed and just focuses on fixing CVE-2021-27135.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 327-2+deb9u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your xterm packages.

For the detailed security status of xterm please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/xterm

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

Solution

Upgrade the affected xterm package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 146521

File Name: debian_DLA-2558.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/16/2021

Updated: 3/22/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xterm

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/21/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2021

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