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RockyLinux 9 : xterm (RLSA-2025:7427)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 266550

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Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2025:7427 advisory.

 * xterm: code execution via OSC 50 input sequences (CVE-2022-45063)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

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 packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:7427

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2142474

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 266550

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2025-7427.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 10/4/2025

Updated: 10/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-45063

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xterm-resize-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xterm-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xterm, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xterm-resize, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xterm-debuginfo

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-45063