CVE-2008-2383

Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in xterm allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via LF (aka \n) characters surrounding a command name within a Device Control Request Status String (DECRQSS) escape sequence in a text file, a related issue to CVE-2003-0063 and CVE-2003-0071.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.78% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/33419 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0018.html vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-254208-1 vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00184.html vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0019.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33388 third party advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00072.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9317 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33418 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1694 vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33318 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33568 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47655 vdb entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/33397 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33060 vdb entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/703-1/ vendor advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510030
http://secunia.com/advisories/33820 third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021522 vdb entry
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VOOVZTIABA4MIFUGTAVYWO6QXSUXSST4/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R3E2Q6NPKT7V4VKZMSFF4ARLRVYOG4AU/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-2383?
CVE-2008-2383 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-2383?
To fix CVE-2008-2383, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-2383 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-2383 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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