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CVE-2008-2383 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510030	CVE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33318	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33388	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33397	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33418	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33419	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33568	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33820	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47655	CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R3E2Q6NPKT7V4VKZMSFF4ARLRVYOG4AU/	CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VOOVZTIABA4MIFUGTAVYWO6QXSUXSST4/	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9317	CVE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-254208-1	CVE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549	CVE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/703-1/	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00072.html	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00184.html	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1694	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0018.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0019.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33060	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021522	CVE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297	CVE
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510030	[email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33318	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33388	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33397	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33418	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33419	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33568	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33820	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47655	[email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R3E2Q6NPKT7V4VKZMSFF4ARLRVYOG4AU/	[email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VOOVZTIABA4MIFUGTAVYWO6QXSUXSST4/	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9317	[email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-254208-1	[email protected]
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549	[email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/703-1/	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00072.html	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00184.html	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1694	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0018.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0019.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33060	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021522	[email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-94	Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
invisible-island xterm	_nil_
CPE cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:xterm:_nil_:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

11 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 27, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 26, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 8, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 2, 2009	Initial Analysis	[email protected]