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Fedora 21: FEDORA-2015-3218 Moderate Xterm Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey April 9, 2015
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Xterm vulnerability patch released for Fedora 21 targeting a buffer overflow flaw discovered in the application. Keep your system current.
Security fix for

Summary

The xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. It

provides DEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014 compatible terminals for

programs that can't use the window system directly.

Update Information:

Security fix for

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update buffer overflow Fedora software fix xterm

Change Log

* Tue Mar 3 2015 Miroslav Lichvar 308-3 - fix crash with -S option (#1197828)

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1197826 - xterm: buffer overflow with -S option https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1197826

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update xterm' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Name: xterm
Product: Fedora 21
Version: 308
Release: 3.fc21
URL: https://invisible-island.net/xterm/
Summary: Terminal emulator for the X Window System

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update buffer overflow Fedora software fix xterm

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