CentOS Update for xterm-192-8.el4 CESA-2009:0018 centos4 i386
🗓️ 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 118 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac OS X 10.5 < 10.5.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities | 18 Aug 200400:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : xterm (CESA-2009:0018) | 8 Jan 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-1694-1 : xterm - design flaw | 6 Jan 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 9 : xterm-238-1.fc9 (2009-0059) | 16 Jan 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 8 : xterm-238-1.fc8 (2009-0154) | 16 Jan 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 37 : kitty (2023-3746647cc3) | 27 Jul 202300:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 38 : kitty (2023-a004ecb3f8) | 26 Jul 202300:00 | – | nessus | |
| FreeBSD : xterm -- DECRQSS remote command execution vulnerability (d5e1aac8-db0b-11dd-ae30-001cc0377035) | 6 Jan 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| GLSA-200902-04 : xterm: User-assisted arbitrary commands execution | 13 Feb 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities | 13 May 200900:00 | – | nessus |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-January/015549.html");
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.880922");
script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-08-09 08:20:34 +0200 (Tue, 09 Aug 2011)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2009:0018");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-2383");
script_name("CentOS Update for xterm-192-8.el4 CESA-2009:0018 centos4 i386");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'xterm-192-8.el4'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS4");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"xterm-192-8.el4_ on CentOS 4");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X Window System.
A flaw was found in the xterm handling of Device Control Request Status
String (DECRQSS) escape sequences. An attacker could create a malicious
text file (or log entry, if unfiltered) that could run arbitrary commands
if read by a victim inside an xterm window. (CVE-2008-2383)
All xterm users are advised to upgrade to the updated package, which
contains a backported patch to resolve this issue. All running instances of
xterm must be restarted for the update to take effect.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
if(release == "CentOS4")
{
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xterm", rpm:"xterm~192~8.el4_7.2", rls:"CentOS4")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
exit(0);
}
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CVSS 29.3
EPSS0.04974