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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:0617 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2021-02-22
Updated:
2021-02-22

RHSA-2021:0617 - Security Advisory

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Synopsis

Important: xterm security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

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:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 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
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

  • BZ - 1927559 - CVE-2021-27135 xterm: crash when processing combining characters

CVEs

  • CVE-2021-27135

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 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 Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 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 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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (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 Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM 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 Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM 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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