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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53186
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-496)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'eterm' package(s) announced via the DSA-496 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'eterm' package(s) announced via the DSA-496 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
H.D. Moore discovered several terminal emulator security issues. One of them covers escape codes that are interpreted by the terminal emulator. This could be exploited by an attacker to insert malicious commands hidden for the user, who has to hit enter to continue, which would also execute the hidden commands.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.2-0pre2002042903.3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.2-6.

We recommend that you upgrade your eterm package.

Affected Software/OS:
'eterm' package(s) on Debian 3.0.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-0068
BugTraq ID: 10237
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10237
Bugtraq: 20030224 Terminal Emulator Security Issues (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2
Debian Security Information: DSA-496 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-496
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:040
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11414.php
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