openSUSE 10 Security Update : xterm (xterm-5902)

high Nessus Plugin ID 35369

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

XTerm evaluated various ANSI Escape sequences so that command execution was possible if an attacker could pipe raw data to an xterm.
(CVE-2008-2383)

(It is usually not recommended to display raw data on an xterm.)

Solution

Update the affected xterm package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 35369

File Name: suse_xterm-5902.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/14/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xterm

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2383

CWE: 94

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