Debian DLA-2913-1 : xterm - LTS security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 157407

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-2913 advisory.

- xterm through Patch 370, when Sixel support is enabled, allows attackers to trigger a buffer overflow in set_sixel in graphics_sixel.c via crafted text. (CVE-2022-24130)

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

Solution

Upgrade the xterm packages.

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

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1004689

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/xterm

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2022/dla-2913

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-24130

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/xterm

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 157407

File Name: debian_DLA-2913.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/7/2022

Updated: 11/17/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24130

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/7/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-24130