CVE-2008-2383

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    CVE-2008-2383

    Published: 2 Jan 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

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

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High