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: . 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/
eterm, an enlightened terminal emulator, allowed (potentially remote) code execution because of improper handling of certain escape sequences (ESC G Q). . - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-2681-1
Fixes a problem with escape sequences.. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2021-8b85b2de05 2021-06-01 01:04:42.861239 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name : eterm Product : Fedora 33 Version : 0.9.6 Release : 26.fc33 URL : https://sourceforge.net/projects/eterm/ Summary : Enlightened terminal emulator Description : Eterm is a color vt102 terminal emulator with enhanced graphical capabilities. Eterm is intended to be a replacement for xterm for Enlightenment window manager users, but it can also be used as a replacement for xterm by users without Enlightenment. Eterm supports various themes and is very configurable, in keeping with the philosophy of Enlightenment. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: Fixes a problem with escape sequences. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------ChangeLog: * Sun May 23 2021 Terje Rosten - 0.9.6-26 - Add patch from rxvt-unicode to fix rhbz#1961798 * Tue Jan 26 2021 Fedora Release Engineering - 0.9.6-25 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild --------------------------------------------------------------------------------References: [ 1 ] Bug #1961798 - CVE-2021-33477 eterm: rxvt-unicode: possible remote code execution [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1961798 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2021-8b85b2de05' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be foundat https://fedoraproject.org/security/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------_______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list --
Fixes a problem with escape sequences.. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2021-c883ca2a37 2021-06-01 01:02:37.833893 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name : eterm Product : Fedora 34 Version : 0.9.6 Release : 26.fc34 URL : https://sourceforge.net/projects/eterm/ Summary : Enlightened terminal emulator Description : Eterm is a color vt102 terminal emulator with enhanced graphical capabilities. Eterm is intended to be a replacement for xterm for Enlightenment window manager users, but it can also be used as a replacement for xterm by users without Enlightenment. Eterm supports various themes and is very configurable, in keeping with the philosophy of Enlightenment. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: Fixes a problem with escape sequences. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------ChangeLog: * Sun May 23 2021 Terje Rosten - 0.9.6-26 - Add patch from rxvt-unicode to fix rhbz#1961798 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------References: [ 1 ] Bug #1961798 - CVE-2021-33477 eterm: rxvt-unicode: possible remote code execution [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1961798 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2021-c883ca2a37' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be foundat https://fedoraproject.org/security/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------_______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list --
H.D. Moore discovered several terminal emulator security issues. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 496-1
Many of the features supported by popular terminal emulator software can be abused when un-trusted data is displayed on the screen.. - --------------------------------------------------------------------- GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200303-1 - --------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : eterm SUMMARY : dangerous interception of escape sequences DATE : 2003-03-03 10:13 UTC EXPLOIT : remote VERSIONS AFFECTED : 0.9.2 CVE : CAN-2003-0021 CAN-2003-0068 - --------------------------------------------------------------------- From advisory: "Many of the features supported by popular terminal emulator software can be abused when un-trusted data is displayed on the screen. The impact of this abuse can range from annoying screen garbage to a complete system compromise. All of the issues below are actually documented features, anyone who takes the time to read over the man pages or source code could use them to carry out an attack." Read the full advisory at: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2 SOLUTION It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running x11-terms/eterm upgrade to eterm-0.9.2-r3 as follows: emerge sync emerge -u eterm emerge clean - ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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