CVE-2006-7236

Name	CVE-2006-7236
Description	The default configuration of xterm on Debian GNU/Linux sid and possibly Ubuntu enables the allowWindowOps resource, which allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code or have unspecified other impact via escape sequences.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DTSA-182-1
Debian Bugs	510030

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
xterm (PTS)	buster	344-1+deb10u2	fixed
	bullseye	366-1+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm, sid	379-1	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
xterm	source	etch	(not affected)
xterm	source	lenny	235-2		DTSA-182-1
xterm	source	(unstable)	238-1	medium		510030

[etch] - xterm <not-affected> (allowWindowOps disabled in configuration)
Somewhat mitigated by a filter for control characters in
post-etch versions.