CVE-2008-2383

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2383
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2008-2383.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2008-2383
Related
Published
2009-01-02T18:11:09Z
Modified
2025-04-09T00:30:58Z
Downstream
Summary
[none]
Details

CRLF injection vulnerability in xterm allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via LF (aka \n) characters surrounding a command name within a Device Control Request Status String (DECRQSS) escape sequence in a text file, a related issue to CVE-2003-0063 and CVE-2003-0071.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / xterm

Package

Name
xterm
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xterm?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
238-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Debian:12 / xterm

Package

Name
xterm
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xterm?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
238-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Debian:13 / xterm

Package

Name
xterm
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xterm?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
238-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}