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RHEL 7 : xterm (RHSA-2021:0617)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 149503

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:0617 advisory.

 - xterm: crash when processing combining characters (CVE-2021-27135)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected xterm package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-27135

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0617

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1927559

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 149503

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-0617.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/14/2021

Updated: 5/24/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-27135

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xterm

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-27135

CWE: 787

RHSA: 2021:0617