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Alma Linux: CVE-2021-27135: Important: xterm security update (ALSA-2021-0611)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2021-27135: Important: xterm security update (ALSA-2021-0611)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/10/2021
Created
05/05/2022
Added
05/04/2022
Modified
05/20/2022

Description

xterm before Patch #366 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted UTF-8 combining character sequence.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-xterm
  • alma-upgrade-xterm-resize

References

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