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CVE-2008-2383

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.

Published

2009-01-02T18:11:09.483

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-94

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	invisible-island	xterm	_nil_	Yes

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510030 ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/33318 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/33388 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/33397 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/33418 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/33419 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/33568 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/33820 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 ([email protected])
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-254208-1 ([email protected])
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1694 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0018.html ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0019.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33060 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021522 ([email protected])
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47655 ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R3E2Q6NPKT7V4VKZMSFF4ARLRVYOG4AU/ ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VOOVZTIABA4MIFUGTAVYWO6QXSUXSST4/ ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9317 ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/703-1/ ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00072.html ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00184.html ([email protected])
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510030 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33318 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33388 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33397 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33418 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33419 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33568 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33820 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-254208-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1694 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0018.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0019.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33060 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021522 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47655 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R3E2Q6NPKT7V4VKZMSFF4ARLRVYOG4AU/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VOOVZTIABA4MIFUGTAVYWO6QXSUXSST4/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9317 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/703-1/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00072.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00184.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)