Ubuntu USN-703-1 (xterm)

The remote host is missing an update to xterm announced via advisory USN-703-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: ubuntu7031.nasl 7969 2017-12-01 09:23:16Z santu $ $Id: ubuntu7031.nasl 7969 2017-12-01 09:23:16Z santu $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory USN-703-1 xterm Authors: Thomas Reinke...

USN-703-1: xterm vulnerabilities

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...