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HistoryFeb 24, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

xterm vulnerability

2021-02-2400:00:00
ubuntu.com
103

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

10 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

7.5 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.044 Low

EPSS

Percentile

92.3%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 20.10
  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
  • Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

  • xterm - X terminal emulator

Details

Tavis Ormandy discovered that xterm incorrectly handled certain character
sequences. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause xterm to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu20.10noarchxterm< 353-1ubuntu1.20.10.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu20.10noarchxterm-dbgsym< 353-1ubuntu1.20.10.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu20.04noarchxterm< 353-1ubuntu1.20.04.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu20.04noarchxterm-dbgsym< 353-1ubuntu1.20.04.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu18.04noarchxterm< 330-1ubuntu2.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu18.04noarchxterm-dbgsym< 330-1ubuntu2.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchxterm< 322-1ubuntu1.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchxterm-dbgsym< 322-1ubuntu1.2UNKNOWN

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

10 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

7.5 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.044 Low

EPSS

Percentile

92.3%