1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200503-23 / rxvt-unicode |
| Release Date | March 20, 2005 |
| Latest Revision | March 20, 2005: 01 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| x11-terms/rxvt-unicode | < 5.3 | >= 5.3, < 4.8 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #84680
rxvt-unicode is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
rxvt-unicode is a clone of the well known terminal emulator rxvt.
Rob Holland of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered that rxvt-unicode fails to properly check input length.
Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running rxvt-unicode.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All rxvt-unicode users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-5.3" |