- Issued:
- 2021-02-22
- Updated:
- 2021-02-22
RHSA-2021:0617 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Important: xterm security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An update for xterm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. It provides DEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014 compatible terminals for programs that can't use the window system directly.
Security Fix(es):
- xterm: crash when processing combining characters (CVE-2021-27135)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
Fixes
- BZ - 1927559 - CVE-2021-27135 xterm: crash when processing combining characters
CVEs
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7
SRPM | |
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xterm-295-3.el7_9.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: c0c54e5f10e2272d1f3432b95fc6ce67747250acdfeee04b04e1e28d89553340 |
x86_64 | |
xterm-295-3.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 46963cfe164beef52b4ac4347c6c506306981e602e0f49b3831f82334c0757eb |
xterm-debuginfo-295-3.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ffb4c3465adf07e9553647393c2d7ee97f1e1850ee04a56e264fc889daaa4911 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7
SRPM | |
---|---|
xterm-295-3.el7_9.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: c0c54e5f10e2272d1f3432b95fc6ce67747250acdfeee04b04e1e28d89553340 |
x86_64 | |
xterm-295-3.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 46963cfe164beef52b4ac4347c6c506306981e602e0f49b3831f82334c0757eb |
xterm-debuginfo-295-3.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ffb4c3465adf07e9553647393c2d7ee97f1e1850ee04a56e264fc889daaa4911 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7
SRPM | |
---|---|
xterm-295-3.el7_9.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: c0c54e5f10e2272d1f3432b95fc6ce67747250acdfeee04b04e1e28d89553340 |
x86_64 | |
xterm-295-3.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 46963cfe164beef52b4ac4347c6c506306981e602e0f49b3831f82334c0757eb |
xterm-debuginfo-295-3.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ffb4c3465adf07e9553647393c2d7ee97f1e1850ee04a56e264fc889daaa4911 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7
SRPM | |
---|---|
xterm-295-3.el7_9.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: c0c54e5f10e2272d1f3432b95fc6ce67747250acdfeee04b04e1e28d89553340 |
s390x | |
xterm-295-3.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 39a8824937fb730906d4353f7378c08a09e7f64766447b9d706c605676092c99 |
xterm-debuginfo-295-3.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 675b19c52b5e41883f6e159c3ff1d9e64b9b465992807434abbd8b33438ff33b |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7
SRPM | |
---|---|
xterm-295-3.el7_9.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: c0c54e5f10e2272d1f3432b95fc6ce67747250acdfeee04b04e1e28d89553340 |
ppc64 | |
xterm-295-3.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: a93f5d51a43c451defe25547fcc0e362324f58bdc728522a3a03712791cb507f |
xterm-debuginfo-295-3.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 63d96cd145f6723987a3ebaf91894135c2669cad1c9377c97ee564bbb6b33678 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7
SRPM | |
---|---|
xterm-295-3.el7_9.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: c0c54e5f10e2272d1f3432b95fc6ce67747250acdfeee04b04e1e28d89553340 |
x86_64 | |
xterm-295-3.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 46963cfe164beef52b4ac4347c6c506306981e602e0f49b3831f82334c0757eb |
xterm-debuginfo-295-3.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ffb4c3465adf07e9553647393c2d7ee97f1e1850ee04a56e264fc889daaa4911 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7
SRPM | |
---|---|
xterm-295-3.el7_9.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: c0c54e5f10e2272d1f3432b95fc6ce67747250acdfeee04b04e1e28d89553340 |
ppc64le | |
xterm-295-3.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 813dc1ba39d5321f96893073201f7baceed7e8aff0cb79c1ef10c4813aaa47c5 |
xterm-debuginfo-295-3.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 3c6af0c9afdcb979732ad0ab64aec32167016dd01821dbadb21cd7634ce612bc |
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