CVE-2004-2215 Affecting rxvt-unicode package, versions <3.8-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-RXVTUNICODE-1559523
  • published31 Dec 2004
  • disclosed31 Dec 2004

Introduced: 31 Dec 2004

CVE-2004-2215  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 rxvt-unicode to version 3.8-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rxvt-unicode package and not the rxvt-unicode package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

RXVT-Unicode 3.4 and 3.5 does not properly close file descriptors, which allows local users to access the terminals of other users and possibly gain privileges.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1