9.3 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
7.8 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.012 Low
EPSS
Percentile
85.1%
The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 E-Soft Inc.
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63104");
script_version("2023-07-26T05:05:09+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-26 05:05:09 +0000 (Wed, 26 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-01-07 23:16:01 +0100 (Wed, 07 Jan 2009)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-2383");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_name("FreeBSD Ports: xterm");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 E-Soft Inc.");
script_family("FreeBSD Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/freebsd", "ssh/login/freebsdrel");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following package is affected: xterm
CVE-2008-2383
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.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update your system with the appropriate patches or
software upgrades.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510030");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33060");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/d5e1aac8-db0b-11dd-ae30-001cc0377035.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-bsd.inc");
vuln = FALSE;
txt = "";
bver = portver(pkg:"xterm");
if(!isnull(bver) && revcomp(a:bver, b:"238")<0) {
txt += 'Package xterm version ' + bver + ' is installed which is known to be vulnerable.\n';
vuln = TRUE;
}
if(vuln) {
security_message(data:txt);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}