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/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/6RFMU5YXXNYYVA7G2DAHRXXHO6JKVFUT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/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/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/6RFMU5YXXNYYVA7G2DAHRXXHO6JKVFUT/

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/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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