DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40359

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40359

    Published: 14 Aug 2023Last Modified: 15 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-40359

    Summary:

    Details: xterm before 380 supports ReGIS reporting for character-set names even if they have unexpected characters (i.e., neither alphanumeric nor underscore), aka a pointer/overflow issue. This can only occur for xterm installations that are configured at compile time to use a certain experimental feature.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-40359

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xterm

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    379-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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