CVE-2008-2383

Publication date 2 January 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
xterm 8.10 intrepid
Fixed 235-1ubuntu1.1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 229-1ubuntu1.1
7.10 gutsy
Fixed 229-1ubuntu0.1
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 208-3.1ubuntu3.1

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-703-1
    • xterm vulnerabilities
    • 6 January 2009

Other references