Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
The xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X Window System.
A flaw was found in the xterm handling of Device Control Request Status String (DECRQSS) escape sequences. An attacker could create a malicious text file (or log entry, if unfiltered) that could run arbitrary commands if read by a victim inside an xterm window. (CVE-2008-2383)
All xterm users are advised to upgrade to the updated package, which contains a backported patch to resolve this issue. All running instances of xterm must be restarted for the update to take effect.
Affected
xterm on CentOS 3
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-2383 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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