CVE-2008-2383
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Description
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- 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://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-254208-1
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