Rocky Linux 8 : xterm (RLSA-2021:0611)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 184700

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2021:0611 advisory.

- xterm before Patch #366 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted UTF-8 combining character sequence. (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 packages.

See Also

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

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2021:0611

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 184700

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2021-0611.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 11/6/2023

Updated: 11/6/2023

Supported Sensors: 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: 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:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xterm-resize, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xterm-debuginfo

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

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