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FreeBSD: VID-5B2EAC07-8B4D-11ED-8B23-A0F3C100AE18 (CVE-2022-4170): rxvt-unicode is vulnerable to a remote code execution

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FreeBSD: VID-5B2EAC07-8B4D-11ED-8B23-A0F3C100AE18 (CVE-2022-4170): rxvt-unicode is vulnerable to a remote code execution

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/05/2022
Created
01/11/2023
Added
01/09/2023
Modified
01/09/2023

Description

The rxvt-unicode package is vulnerable to a remote code execution, in the Perl background extension, when an attacker can control the data written to the user's terminal and certain options are set.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-rxvt-unicode

References

  • CVE-2022-4170

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