MGASA-2021-0358 - Updated rvxt-unicode, mxrvt, eterm packages fix security vulnerability Publication date: 20 Jul 2021 URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0358.html Type: security Affected Mageia releases: 8 CVE: CVE-2021-33477 rxvt-unicode 9.22, rxvt 2.7.10, mrxvt 0.5.4, and Eterm 0.9.7 allow (potentially remote) code execution because of improper handling of certain escape sequences (ESC G Q). A response is terminated by a newline (CVE-2021-33477). References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28939 - https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/17/1 - https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/17/2 - https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/6RFMU5YXXNYYVA7G2DAHRXXHO6JKVFUT/ - https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/UXAKO6N6NKTR6Z6KVAPEXSZQMRU52SGA/ - https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2021/dla-2681 - https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2021/dla-2682 - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-33477 SRPMS: - 8/core/rxvt-unicode-9.26-1.mga8 - 8/core/mrxvt-0.5.4-15.1.mga8 - 8/core/eterm-0.9.7-3.1.mga8
Mageia 2021-0358: rvxt-unicode, mxrvt, eterm security update
rxvt-unicode 9.22, rxvt 2.7.10, mrxvt 0.5.4, and Eterm 0.9.7 allow (potentially remote) code execution because of improper handling of certain escape sequences (ESC G Q)
Summary
rxvt-unicode 9.22, rxvt 2.7.10, mrxvt 0.5.4, and Eterm 0.9.7 allow (potentially
remote) code execution because of improper handling of certain escape sequences
(ESC G Q). A response is terminated by a newline (CVE-2021-33477).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28939
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/17/1
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/17/2
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/6RFMU5YXXNYYVA7G2DAHRXXHO6JKVFUT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/UXAKO6N6NKTR6Z6KVAPEXSZQMRU52SGA/
- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2021/dla-2681
- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2021/dla-2682
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-33477
Resolution
MGASA-2021-0358 - Updated rvxt-unicode, mxrvt, eterm packages fix security vulnerability
SRPMS
- 8/core/rxvt-unicode-9.26-1.mga8
- 8/core/mrxvt-0.5.4-15.1.mga8
- 8/core/eterm-0.9.7-3.1.mga8
Severity
Publication date: 20 Jul 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0358.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-33477
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