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Debian DSA-3813-1: Important Terminology Command Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey November 13, 2016
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Safeguard your CLI interface against unsolicited command execution via this essential security patch for Ubuntu.
Nicolas Braud-Santoni discovered that incorrect sanitising of character escape sequences in the Terminology terminal emulator may result in the execution of arbitrary commands
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Summary

Nicolas Braud-Santoni discovered that incorrect sanitising of character
escape sequences in the Terminology terminal emulator may result in the
execution of arbitrary commands.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.7.0-1+deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your terminology packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: terminology
CVE ID: CVE-2015-8971

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