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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200303-16 |
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PACKAGE : rxvt |
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SUMMARY : dangerous interception of escape sequences |
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DATE : 2003-03-20 09:57 UTC |
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EXPLOIT : remote |
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VERSIONS AFFECTED : <2.7.8-r6 |
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FIXED VERSION : >=2.7.8-r6 |
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CVE : CAN-2003-0021 CAN-2003-0068 |
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- From advisory: |
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"Many of the features supported by popular terminal emulator software |
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can be abused when un-trusted data is displayed on the screen. The |
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impact of this abuse can range from annoying screen garbage to a |
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complete system compromise. All of the issues below are actually |
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documented features, anyone who takes the time to read over the man |
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pages or source code could use them to carry out an attack." |
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Read the full advisory at: |
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http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2 |
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SOLUTION |
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It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running |
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x11-terms/rxvt upgrade to rxvt-2.7.8-r6 as follows: |
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emerge sync |
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emerge rxvt |
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emerge clean |
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aliz@g.o - GnuPG key is available at http://cvs.gentoo.org/~aliz |
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