Mandrake alert: Updated rxvt packages fix escape sequence insecurities

Posted by dave on Mar 25, 2003 9:24 AM EDT
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Digital Defense Inc. released a paper detailing insecurities in various terminal emulators, including rxvt. Many of the features supported by these programs can be abused when untrusted data is displayed on the screen. This abuse can be anything from garbage data being displayed to the screen or a system compromise.

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Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory ________________________________________________________________________

Package name: rxvt Advisory ID: MDKSA-2003:034 Date: March 25th, 2003

Affected versions: 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, Corporate Server 2.1 ________________________________________________________________________

Problem Description:

Digital Defense Inc. released a paper detailing insecurities in various terminal emulators, including rxvt. Many of the features supported by these programs can be abused when untrusted data is displayed on the screen. This abuse can be anything from garbage data being displayed to the screen or a system compromise. ________________________________________________________________________

References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0022 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0023 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0066 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2 ________________________________________________________________________

Updated Packages: Corporate Server 2.1: 304e14627ae3a96ea7c5a192933d99fb corporate/2.1/RPMS/rxvt-2.7.8-6.1mdk.i586.rpm 59dac66b6350a2e303451d9eb91847c6 corporate/2.1/RPMS/rxvt-CJK-2.7.8-6.1mdk.i586.rpm d789a865351a2babb0fe373b34e13723 corporate/2.1/RPMS/rxvt-devel-2.7.8-6.1mdk.i586.rpm 9f5c2791c045dc64fd2671f1a12428a7 corporate/2.1/SRPMS/rxvt-2.7.8-6.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 8.2: 91e3e2e65b968aeb18f85cbf15dc82f3 8.2/RPMS/rxvt-2.7.8-6.1mdk.i586.rpm 5f43a74501bf4d9c56e9001c4121c958 8.2/RPMS/rxvt-CJK-2.7.8-6.1mdk.i586.rpm 5250f56624c06d73bfaea2949ba14ece 8.2/RPMS/rxvt-devel-2.7.8-6.1mdk.i586.rpm 9f5c2791c045dc64fd2671f1a12428a7 8.2/SRPMS/rxvt-2.7.8-6.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 8.2/PPC: 9fb17d9636fcfa4f9c256751b84e3f21 ppc/8.2/RPMS/rxvt-2.7.8-6.1mdk.ppc.rpm 575cc88ab594e34806f4f91d756af901 ppc/8.2/RPMS/rxvt-CJK-2.7.8-6.1mdk.ppc.rpm 2ee2e79c6a99a11b4d9bda7e830fee9d ppc/8.2/RPMS/rxvt-devel-2.7.8-6.1mdk.ppc.rpm 9f5c2791c045dc64fd2671f1a12428a7 ppc/8.2/SRPMS/rxvt-2.7.8-6.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.0: 304e14627ae3a96ea7c5a192933d99fb 9.0/RPMS/rxvt-2.7.8-6.1mdk.i586.rpm 59dac66b6350a2e303451d9eb91847c6 9.0/RPMS/rxvt-CJK-2.7.8-6.1mdk.i586.rpm d789a865351a2babb0fe373b34e13723 9.0/RPMS/rxvt-devel-2.7.8-6.1mdk.i586.rpm 9f5c2791c045dc64fd2671f1a12428a7 9.0/SRPMS/rxvt-2.7.8-6.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.1: b61a5f2f75abc1a79f4d0fe018f2514d 9.1/RPMS/rxvt-2.7.8-6.1mdk.i586.rpm a24cf18f487ff38e6408c01127969575 9.1/RPMS/rxvt-CJK-2.7.8-6.1mdk.i586.rpm d119f8e23a4dac83978ca0c428399c4d 9.1/RPMS/rxvt-devel-2.7.8-6.1mdk.i586.rpm 9f5c2791c045dc64fd2671f1a12428a7 9.1/SRPMS/rxvt-2.7.8-6.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.1/PPC: 1bbeab988e538c55666a1f2726d85c0e ppc/9.1/RPMS/rxvt-2.7.8-6.1mdk.ppc.rpm 393ec897551da4adb184b2f87cd080b0 ppc/9.1/RPMS/rxvt-CJK-2.7.8-6.1mdk.ppc.rpm 24cfc70d092a405f2b34f43e277b86b1 ppc/9.1/RPMS/rxvt-devel-2.7.8-6.1mdk.ppc.rpm 9f5c2791c045dc64fd2671f1a12428a7 ppc/9.1/SRPMS/rxvt-2.7.8-6.1mdk.src.rpm ________________________________________________________________________

Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information): ________________________________________________________________________

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If you want to upgrade manually, download the updated package from one of our FTP server mirrors and upgrade with "rpm -Fvh *.rpm". A list of FTP mirrors can be obtained from:

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rpm --checksig <filename>

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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team <security linux-mandrake.com>

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