Upstream information

CVE-2010-2713 at MITRE

Description

The vte_sequence_handler_window_manipulation function in vteseq.c in libvte (aka libvte9) in VTE 0.25.1 and earlier, as used in gnome-terminal, does not properly handle escape sequences, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or obtain potentially sensitive information via a (1) window title or (2) icon title sequence. NOTE: this issue exists because of a CVE-2003-0070 regression.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.8
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 621097 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

  • SUSE-SR:2010:014, published Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:00:00 +0000
  • openSUSE-SU-2010:0404-1 openSUSE-SU-2010:0423-1

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • vte-devel >= 0.22.5-0.2.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA vte-devel-0.22.5-0.2.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • vte >= 0.22.5-0.2.1
  • vte-doc >= 0.22.5-0.2.1
  • vte-lang >= 0.22.5-0.2.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA vte-0.22.5-0.2.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • vte >= 0.22.5-0.2.1
  • vte-doc >= 0.22.5-0.2.1
  • vte-lang >= 0.22.5-0.2.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA vte-0.22.5-0.2.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • vte >= 0.22.5-0.2.1
  • vte-devel >= 0.22.5-0.2.1
  • vte-doc >= 0.22.5-0.2.1
  • vte-lang >= 0.22.5-0.2.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA vte-0.22.5-0.2.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA vte-devel-0.22.5-0.2.1


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 vte Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 vte Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 vte Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS vte Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 vte Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS vte Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 vte Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS vte Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP1 vte Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 vte Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 vte Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 vte Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 vte Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 07:26:14 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:41:42 2023