CVE-2003-0068

NameCVE-2003-0068
DescriptionThe Eterm terminal emulator 0.9.1 and earlier allows attackers to modify the window title via a certain character escape sequence and then insert it back to the command line in the user's terminal, e.g. when the user views a file containing the malicious sequence, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-496

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
eterm (PTS)buster0.9.6-5+deb10u1fixed
bullseye0.9.6-6.1fixed
bookworm0.9.6-7fixed
sid, trixie0.9.6-7.1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
etermsourcewoody0.9.2-0pre2002042903.3DSA-496
etermsource(unstable)0.9.2-6

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