ubuntu · CVE-2015-8971

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Priority: medium Published: 2017-01-23 21:59:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-25 21:50:16 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2015-8971 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (terminology), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety): released 3, DNE 2.

Description:

Terminology 0.7.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via escape sequences that modify the window title and then are written to the terminal, a similar issue to CVE-2003-0063.

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