Source: rxvt
Version: 1:2.7.10-6
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream patch

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for rxvt.

CVE-2017-7483[0]:
| 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.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7483
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7483
[1] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/15
[2] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/18

Regards,
Salvatore

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