RXVT Screen Dump Escape Sequence Local File Corruption Vulnerability

RXVT Screen Dump Escape Sequence Local File Corruption Vulnerability

Solution:
Gentoo Linux has released an advisory. Users who have installed x11-terms/rxvt are advised to upgrade to rxvt-2.7.8-r6 by issuing the following commands:

emerge sync
emerge rxvt
emerge clean

Mandrake has released a security advisory (MDKSA-2003:034) which contains fixes for this issue. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible.

Fixes available:

rxvt rxvt 2.6.1

rxvt rxvt-2.7.10.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.rxvt.org/pub/rxvt/rxvt-2.7.10.tar.gz

rxvt rxvt 2.6.2

rxvt rxvt-2.7.10.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.rxvt.org/pub/rxvt/rxvt-2.7.10.tar.gz

rxvt rxvt 2.6.3

rxvt rxvt-2.7.10.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.rxvt.org/pub/rxvt/rxvt-2.7.10.tar.gz

rxvt rxvt 2.6.4

rxvt rxvt-2.7.10.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.rxvt.org/pub/rxvt/rxvt-2.7.10.tar.gz

rxvt rxvt 2.7.5

rxvt rxvt-2.7.10.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.rxvt.org/pub/rxvt/rxvt-2.7.10.tar.gz

rxvt rxvt 2.7.6

rxvt rxvt-2.7.10.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.rxvt.org/pub/rxvt/rxvt-2.7.10.tar.gz

rxvt rxvt 2.7.7

rxvt rxvt-2.7.10.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.rxvt.org/pub/rxvt/rxvt-2.7.10.tar.gz

rxvt rxvt 2.7.8

Red Hat rxvt-2.7.8-3.6.2.1.i386.rpm
Red Hat Linux 6.2
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/i386/rxvt-2.7.8-3.6.2.1.i386.rpm

Red Hat rxvt-2.7.8-3.6.2.1.src.rpm
Red Hat Linux 6.2
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/SRPMS/rxvt-2.7.8-3.6.2.1.src.rpm

Red Hat rxvt-2.7.8-3.7.0.1.i386.rpm
Red Hat Linux 7.0
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/i386/rxvt-2.7.8-3.7.0.1.i386.rpm

Red Hat rxvt-2.7.8-3.7.0.1.src.rpm
Red Hat Linux 7.0
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/SRPMS/rxvt-2.7.8-3.7.0.1.src.rpm

Red Hat rxvt-2.7.8-3.7.1.1.i386.rpm
Red Hat Linux 7.1
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/rxvt-2.7.8-3.7.1.1.i386.rpm

Red Hat rxvt-2.7.8-3.7.1.1.src.rpm
Red Hat Linux 7.1
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/SRPMS/rxvt-2.7.8-3.7.1.1.src.rpm

Red Hat rxvt-2.7.8-4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Linux 7.2
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/rxvt-2.7.8-4.i386.rpm

Red Hat rxvt-2.7.8-4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Linux 7.3
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/rxvt-2.7.8-4.i386.rpm

Red Hat rxvt-2.7.8-4.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Linux 7.2
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/rxvt-2.7.8-4.ia64.rpm

Red Hat rxvt-2.7.8-4.src.rpm
Red Hat Linux 7.2
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/SRPMS/rxvt-2.7.8-4.src.rpm

Red Hat rxvt-2.7.8-4.src.rpm
Red Hat Linux 7.3
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/rxvt-2.7.8-4.src.rpm

rxvt rxvt-2.7.10.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.rxvt.org/pub/rxvt/rxvt-2.7.10.tar.gz