CVE-2008-2383

Published: 2 January 2009

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.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
xterm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Released (208-3.1ubuntu3.1)
	gutsy	Released (229-1ubuntu0.1)
	hardy	Released (229-1ubuntu1.1)
	intrepid	Released (235-1ubuntu1.1)
	upstream	Needs triage

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2383
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-703-1
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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