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Debian 9 DLA-2558-1 Medium Risk Alert: xterm Denial of Service Threat

debian lts
Calendar Grey February 13, 2021
Dist Debian Esm H88
Enhance xterm security on Debian by upgrading to the latest version. Follow the steps to update the package and verify the upgrade for better protection.
xterm through Patch #365 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted UTF-8 character sequence
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Summary

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version
327-2+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your xterm packages.

For the detailed security status of xterm please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/xterm

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


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Package: xterm
Version: 327-2+deb9u1
CVE ID: CVE-2021-27135
Debian Bug: 982439

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