CVE-2008-2383

Impact

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510030
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33318
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33388
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33397
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33418
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33419
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33820
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-254208-1
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
• http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1694
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0018.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0019.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33060
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021522
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47655
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R3E2Q6NPKT7V4VKZMSFF4ARLRVYOG4AU/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VOOVZTIABA4MIFUGTAVYWO6QXSUXSST4/
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9317