Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU50810
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-27135
CWE-ID:
CWE-119 - Memory corruption
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing UTF-8 character sequences. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
MitigationUpdate the affected package xterm to the latest version.
Vulnerable software versionsSUSE Manager Proxy: 4.0
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server: 4.0
SUSE Manager Server: 4.0
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP: 15 - 15-SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing: 15-ESPOS - 15-SP1-LTSS
SUSE Enterprise Storage: 6
SUSE CaaS Platform: 4.0
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 15-LTSS - 15-SP1-LTSS
xterm-debugsource: before 330-4.3.1
xterm-bin-debuginfo: before 330-4.3.1
xterm-bin: before 330-4.3.1
xterm: before 330-4.3.1
External linkshttp://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20212013-1/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.