Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: xterm / xterm-debuginfo / xterm-debugsource / xterm-resize / etc (crlsa-2021_0611)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 358917

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2021_0611 advisory.

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

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2021_0611.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0611

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1927559

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2021:0611

http://www.nessus.org/u?1fd53f54

http://www.nessus.org/u?e14b0b96

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 358917

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2021_0611.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

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

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-27135