SB2021022230 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 update for xterm 



SB2021022230 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 update for xterm

Published: February 22, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021022230
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-27135)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing UTF-8 character sequences. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.