Oval Definition:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13513
Revision Date:2014-06-30Version:20
Title:USN-703-1 -- xterm vulnerability
Description:Paul Szabo discovered that the DECRQSS escape sequences were not handled correctly by xterm. Additionally, window title operations were also not safely handled. If a user were tricked into viewing a specially crafted series of characters while in xterm, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary commands with user privileges
Family:unixClass:patch
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CVE-2006-7236
CVE-2008-2382
CVE-2008-2383
USN-703-1
USN-703-1
Platform(s):Ubuntu 6.06
Ubuntu 7.10
Ubuntu 8.04
Ubuntu 8.10
Product(s):xterm
Definition Synopsis
  • Release section
  • Ubuntu 7.10 is installed
  • AND Supported architectures section
  • Installed architecture is sparc
  • OR Installed architecture is i386
  • OR Installed architecture is amd64
  • OR Installed architecture is lpia
  • OR Installed architecture is powerpc
  • AND xterm DPKG is earlier than 229-1ubuntu0.1
  • OR Release section
  • Ubuntu 8.04 is installed
  • AND Supported architectures section
  • Installed architecture is sparc
  • OR Installed architecture is i386
  • OR Installed architecture is amd64
  • OR Installed architecture is lpia
  • OR Installed architecture is powerpc
  • AND xterm DPKG is earlier than 229-1ubuntu1.1
  • OR Release section
  • Ubuntu 6.06 is installed
  • AND Supported architectures section
  • Installed architecture is sparc
  • OR Installed architecture is i386
  • OR Installed architecture is amd64
  • OR Installed architecture is powerpc
  • AND xterm DPKG is earlier than 208-3.1ubuntu3.1
  • OR Release section
  • Ubuntu 8.10 is installed
  • AND Supported architectures section
  • Installed architecture is sparc
  • OR Installed architecture is i386
  • OR Installed architecture is amd64
  • OR Installed architecture is lpia
  • OR Installed architecture is powerpc
  • AND xterm DPKG is earlier than 235-1ubuntu1.1
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