| Name | CVE-2017-7483 |
| Description | Rxvt 2.7.10 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack by passing the value -2^31 inside a terminal escape code, which results in a non-invertible integer that eventually leads to a segfault due to an out of bounds read. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2683-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 861694 |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rxvt | source | stretch | 1:2.7.10-7+deb9u2 | DLA-2683-1 | ||
| rxvt | source | (unstable) | 1:2.7.10-7.1 | low | 861694 |
[jessie] - rxvt <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - rxvt <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/15