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Debian 9 Stretch: DLA-2560-1 Urgent: xterm Memory Reallocation Patch

debian lts
Calendar Grey March 21, 2021
Dist Debian Esm H88
Debian LTS Advisory DLA-2570-1 deals with xterm buffer overflow, highlighting CVE-2021-27136. Update is advised.
DLA 2558-2 backported a part of the upstream patch which fails to deal with the realloc failures in Debian stretch
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Summary

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version
327-2+deb9u2.

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+deb9u2
Debian Bug: 984615

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