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Fedora 8 : xterm-238-1.fc8 (2009-0154)
high Nessus Plugin ID 35391
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
This update fixes the following security issue: CRLF injection vulnerability in xterm allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via LF (aka \n) characters surrounding a command name within a Device Control Request Status String (DECRQSS) escape sequence in a text file, a related issue to CVE-2003-0063 and CVE-2003-0071.Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected xterm package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 35391
File Name: fedora_2009-0154.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 1/16/2009
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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:fedoraproject:fedora:8, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xterm
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 1/7/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-2383