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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3712-1 (terminology - security update)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

4.6

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

7 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

Nicolas Braud-Santoni discovered that incorrect sanitising of character escape sequences in the Terminology terminal emulator may result in the execution of arbitrary commands.

Affected Software

Affected Software

terminology on Debian Linux

Detection Method

Detection Method

This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.

Solution

Solution

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 0.7.0-1+deb8u1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your terminology packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)