MGASA-2021-0358

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    MGASA-2021-0358

    Published: 20 Jul 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-33477

    Summary: Updated rvxt-unicode, mxrvt, eterm packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: rxvt-unicode 9.22, rxvt 2.7.10, mrxvt 0.5.4, and Eterm 0.9.7 allow (potentially remote) code execution because of improper handling of certain escape sequences (ESC G Q). A response is terminated by a newline (CVE-2021-33477).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0358.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28939, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/17/1, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/17/2, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/6RFMU5YXXNYYVA7G2DAHRXXHO6JKVFUT/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/UXAKO6N6NKTR6Z6KVAPEXSZQMRU52SGA/, https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2021/dla-2681, https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2021/dla-2682

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: rxvt-unicode

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/rxvt-unicode?arch=source&distro=mageia-8

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9.26-1.mga8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
    None
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