{"id":"RLSA-2021:0611","summary":"Important: xterm security update","details":"The xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. It provides DEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014 compatible terminals for programs that can't use the window system directly.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* xterm: crash when processing combining characters (CVE-2021-27135)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.","modified":"2026-02-04T07:40:25.770996Z","published":"2021-02-18T14:32:15Z","upstream":["CVE-2021-27135"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2021:0611"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1927559"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"xterm","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/xterm?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=0"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:331-1.el8_3.2"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"AppStream"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2021:0611.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}