RHEL 2.1 : hanterm-xf (RHSA-2003:071)

high Nessus Plugin ID 12371

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated Hangul Terminal packages fix two security issues.

Hangul Terminal is a terminal emulator for the X Window System, based on Xterm.

Hangul Terminal provides an escape sequence for reporting the current window title, which essentially takes the current title and places it directly on the command line. An attacker can craft an escape sequence that sets the window title of a victim using Hangul Terminal to an arbitrary command and then report it to the command line. Since it is not possible to embed a carriage return into the window title the attacker would then have to convince the victim to press Enter for it to process the title as a command, although the attacker could craft other escape sequences that might convince the victim to do so.

It is possible to lock up Hangul Terminal before version 2.0.5 by sending an invalid DEC UDK escape sequence.

Users are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain Hangul Terminal version 2.0.5 which is not vulnerable to these issues.

Solution

Update the affected hanterm-xf package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2003-0077

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2003-0079

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:071

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 12371

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2003-071.nasl

Version: 1.28

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/6/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hanterm-xf, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0077, CVE-2003-0079

BID: 6944, 6946

RHSA: 2003:071