RHEL 4 / 5 : xterm (RHSA-2009:0018)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 35302

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for xterm.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 / 5 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2009:0018 advisory.

- xterm: arbitrary command injection (CVE-2008-2383)

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 RHEL xterm package based on the guidance in RHSA-2009:0018.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 35302

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2009-0018.nasl

Version: 1.27

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 1/7/2009

Updated: 4/21/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-2383

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: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xterm, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/7/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/2/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2383

BID: 33060

RHSA: 2009:0018

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