DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2383

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2383

    Published: 2 Jan 2009Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-2383

    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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2383

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xterm

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/xterm?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -238-2

    Affected versions

    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