CVE-2006-7236

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-7236
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-01-02 18:11:09 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe default configuration of xterm on Debian GNU/Linux sid and possibly Ubuntu enables the allowWindowOps resource, which allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code or have unspecified other impact via escape sequences.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-16 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux All All All All
Application Invisible-island Xterm _nil_ All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Linux All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ubuntu update for xterm - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-703-1: xterm vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
#510030 - [CVE-2008-2383] xterm: DECRQSS and comments - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
#384593 - xterm: allowWindowOps should be disabled by default - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
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Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-01-21Tomas HogerNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the xterm package, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5, and the version of the XFree86 (providing xterm) and hanterm-xf packages, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1.
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