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Ubuntu: USN-4746-1 (CVE-2021-27135): xterm vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-4746-1 (CVE-2021-27135): xterm vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/10/2021
Created
02/27/2021
Added
02/25/2021
Modified
03/22/2023

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-xterm

References

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