Ubuntu rxvt-unicode allows arbitrary code execution
Original title: USN-8991-1: rxvt-unicode vulnerability
An attacker can execute arbitrary code in the terminal by displaying specially crafted text.
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8991-1 reports that rxvt-unicode incorrectly handled certain escape sequences. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code if a user displayed specially crafted text in the terminal.
Impact: arbitrary code execution
- Vendors
- Ubuntu
- Products
- rxvt-unicode
From the original article
It was discovered that rxvt-unicode incorrectly handled certain escape sequences. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code if a user displayed specially crafted text in the terminal.
ubuntu.com
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