XTerm Window Title Reporting Escape Sequence Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:6940

Info

XTerm Window Title Reporting Escape Sequence Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 6940
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2003-0063
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 24 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 06 2010 09:22PM
Credit: Discovery of these issues is credited to H D Moore and Digital Defense.
Vulnerable: XFree86 X11R6 4.2.1
+ Immunix Immunix OS 7.3
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1 x86_64
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.0
+ Redhat Linux 7.3
+ Slackware Linux 8.1
XFree86 X11R6 4.2 .0
+ Conectiva Linux Enterprise Edition 1.0
+ SuSE Linux 8.0 i386
+ SuSE Linux 8.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 8.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 8.0
XFree86 X11R6 4.1 .0
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mips
+ Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
+ Debian Linux 3.0 arm
+ Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
+ Debian Linux 3.0
+ Redhat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
+ Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
+ Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 7.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 7.0
XFree86 X11R6 4.0.3
+ Redhat Linux 7.1
XFree86 X11R6 4.0.1
+ Redhat Linux 7.0
XFree86 X11R6 4.0
Sun Linux 5.0.6
Redhat XFree86-Xvfb-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
Redhat XFree86-Xnest-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
Redhat XFree86-xfs-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
Redhat XFree86-xdm-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
Redhat XFree86-xauth-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
Redhat XFree86-twm-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
Redhat XFree86-truetype-fonts-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
Redhat XFree86-tools-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
Redhat XFree86-Mesa-libGLU-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
Redhat XFree86-Mesa-libGL-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
Redhat XFree86-libs-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
Redhat XFree86-ISO8859-9-75dpi-fonts-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
Redhat XFree86-ISO8859-9-100dpi-fonts-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
Redhat XFree86-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
Redhat XFree86-ISO8859-2-100dpi-fonts-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
Redhat XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
Redhat XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
Redhat XFree86-font-utils-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
Redhat XFree86-doc-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
Redhat XFree86-devel-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
Redhat XFree86-cyrillic-fonts-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
Redhat XFree86-base-fonts-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
Redhat XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
Redhat XFree86-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
Redhat XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.8
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6
Apple Mac OS X 10.6.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.6.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8
Apple Mac OS X 10.6
Not Vulnerable:

Solution / Fix

XTerm Window Title Reporting Escape Sequence Command Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
Red Hat has released a revised advisory (RHSA-2003:067-02) to address this issue. Fixes from the previous advisory (RHSA-2003:067-01) are functional but contain debugging info. The revised advisory includes new fixes that do not contain debugging info. Details on obtaining and applying fixes are contained in the revised advisory.

Red Hat has released an advisory (RHSA-2003:064-01) to address this issue. Details on obtaining and applying fixes are contained in the referenced advisory.

Sun Linux updates have been released to correct this issue.

Debian has released an advisory (DSA 380-1) with fixes to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.


Redhat XFree86-ISO8859-9-75dpi-fonts-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm

Redhat XFree86-xdm-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm

Redhat XFree86-base-fonts-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm

Redhat XFree86-Xnest-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm

Redhat XFree86-libs-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm

Redhat XFree86-truetype-fonts-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm

Redhat XFree86-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm

Redhat XFree86-Mesa-libGLU-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm

Redhat XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm

Redhat XFree86-ISO8859-2-100dpi-fonts-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm

Redhat XFree86-twm-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm

Redhat XFree86-doc-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm

Redhat XFree86-font-utils-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm

Redhat XFree86-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm

Redhat XFree86-xfs-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm

Redhat XFree86-cyrillic-fonts-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm

Redhat XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm

Redhat XFree86-tools-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm

Redhat XFree86-Xvfb-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm

Redhat XFree86-devel-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm

Redhat XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm

Redhat XFree86-ISO8859-9-100dpi-fonts-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm

Redhat XFree86-xauth-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm

Redhat XFree86-Mesa-libGL-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm

Redhat XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm

XFree86 X11R6 4.1 .0

Sun Linux 5.0.6

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