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CVE-2008-2383 Detail

Description

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.


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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-2383
NVD Published Date:
01/02/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE