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Gentoo: GLSA 202208-22 Low Severity: xterm Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey August 13, 2022
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Enhance xterm to mitigate various security flaws, including one that could result in potential service disruption on Gentoo platforms.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in xterm, the worst of which could result in denial of service.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in xterm. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo xterm low severity

Resolution

All xterm users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-terms/xterm-371"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2021-27135 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27135 [ 2 ] CVE-2022-24130 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24130

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-22
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

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Severity: Low
Title: xterm: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: August 14, 2022
Bugs: #769839, #832409
ID: 202208-22

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo xterm low severity

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in xterm, the worst of which could result in denial of service.

Background

xterm is a terminal emulator for the X Window system.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 x11-terms/xterm < 371 >= 371

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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