Summary
The remote host is missing an update to xterm
announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-0091.
Solution
Apply the appropriate updates.
This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use su -c 'yum update xterm' at the command line.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum, available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2009-0091
Insight
Update Information:
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.
ChangeLog:
* Tue Jan 6 2009 Miroslav Lichvar 238-1
- update to 238 (#479000, CVE-2008-2383)
- set default values of allowWindowOps and allowFontOps resources to false
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2003-0063, CVE-2003-0071, CVE-2008-2383 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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