OS Command Injection in rxvt-unicode - CVE-2014-3121
Published: May 14, 2014 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32534
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3121
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
rxvt-unicode before 9.20 does not properly handle OSC escape sequences, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to manipulate arbitrary X window properties and execute arbitrary commands.
Affected software
rxvt-unicode
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
rxvt-unicode (Alpine package)
rxvt-unicode
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
rxvt-unicode (Alpine package)
rxvt-unicode
How to mitigate CVE-2014-3121
Install update from vendor's website.
rxvt-unicode (Alpine package) - update to 9.20-r0
rxvt-unicode - update to 9.20-1.el6
rxvt-unicode - update to 9.20-1.el6
External References
- http://dist.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/Changes
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00038.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/204
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2925
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67155
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133166.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133195.html