cve-2006-7236
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-01-02 18:00
Modified
2024-08-07 20:57
Severity ?
Summary
The 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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=384593
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510030
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/33388
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/703-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=384593
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510030
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/33388
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/703-1/
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