CVE-2003-0071

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The DEC UDK processing feature in the xterm terminal emulator in XFree86 4.2.99.4 and earlier allows attackers to cause

The DEC UDK processing feature in the xterm terminal emulator in XFree86 4.2.99.4 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a certain character escape sequence that causes the terminal to enter a tight loop.

LOW · CVSS 2.1 EPSS 0.00082

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No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence

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Affected Products & Versions

xfree86 project x11r6all versions

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Scoring & Timeline

2.1

LOW · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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v2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Published to NVD03 Mar 2003 · 05:00 AM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:11527-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:13043-1
rhsaRHSA-2009:0018Important
rhsaRHSA-2009:0019Important
rhsaRHSA-2003:065Moderate
Show all 8 vendor advisoriesrhsaRHSA-2003:066Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2003:064Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2003:067Moderate

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.htmlVendor Advisory

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-380

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11415.phpVendor Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-064.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-065.html

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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-066.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-067.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6950

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