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RHEL 4 : xterm (RHSA-2007:0701)

low Nessus Plugin ID 28236

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated xterm package that corrects a security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. It provides DEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014 compatible terminals for programs that cannot use the window system directly.

A bug was found in the way xterm packages were built that caused the pseudo-terminal device files of the xterm emulated terminals to be owned by the incorrect group. This flaw did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 and earlier. (CVE-2007-2797)

All users of xterm are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected xterm package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0701

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-2797

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 28236

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-0701.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/16/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xterm

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/27/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2797

RHSA: 2007:0701