This update for rxvt-unicode fixes the following issues:
- Update to version 9.31: (CVE-2022-4170 boo#1206069)
- implement a fix for CVE-2022-4170 (reported and analyzed by David
Leadbeater). While present in version 9.30, it should not be
exploitable. It is exploitable in versions 9.25 and 9.26, at least,
and allows anybody controlling output to the terminal to execute
arbitrary code in the urxvt process.
- the background extension no longer requires off focus fading support
to be compiled in.
- the confirm-paste extension now offers a choice betwene pasting the
original or a sanitized version, and also frees up memory used to
store the paste text immediately.
- fix compiling without frills.
- fix rewrapMode: never.
- fix regression that caused urxvt to no longer emit responses to OSC
color queries other than OSC 4 ones.
- fix regression that caused urxvt to no longer process OSC 705.
...
Read the Full AdvisoryPatch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP5:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2023-306=1
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP4:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2023-306=1
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
rxvt-unicode-9.31-bp155.3.3.1
rxvt-unicode-debuginfo-9.31-bp155.3.3.1
rxvt-unicode-debugsource-9.31-bp155.3.3.1
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP4 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
rxvt-unicode-9.31-bp154.2.9.1
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4170.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1206069
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