CVE-2008-2383

xterm: arbitrary command injection

Published Jan 2, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 9.3 Critical EPSS 4.9% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1694-1 New xterm packages fix remote code execution
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1694-2 New xterm packages fix regression
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-2378 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-703-1 xterm vulnerabilities
References
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http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510030 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/33318 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/33388 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/33397 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/33418 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/33419 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/33568 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/33820 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-254208-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1694 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0018.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0019.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33060 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021522 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47655 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R3E2Q6NPKT7V4VKZMSFF4ARLRVYOG4AU/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VOOVZTIABA4MIFUGTAVYWO6QXSUXSST4/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2383 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9317 cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/703-1/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2383 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00072.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00184.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 8:58 AM
Reserved
May 21, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 2, 2009, 6:11 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:53 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Dec 29, 2008, 12:00 AM