{ "document": { "aggregate_severity": { "text": "Critical" }, "category": "csaf_vex", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "text": "TuxCare License Agreement", "tlp": { "label": "WHITE", "url": "https://www.first.org/tlp/" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "legal_disclaimer", "text": "This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Cloud Linux Inc. and provide a link to the original.", "title": "Terms of Use" } ], "publisher": { "category": "vendor", "contact_details": "https://tuxcare.com/contact/", "name": "TuxCare", "namespace": "https://tuxcare.com/" }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "Canonical URL", "url": "https://security.tuxcare.com/csaf/v2/els_os/centos7els/vex/2023/cve-2023-40359-els_os-centos7els.json" } ], "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2026-10-26T14:57:58Z", "generator": { "date": "2026-10-26T14:57:58Z", "engine": { "name": "pyCSAF" } }, "id": "CVE-2023-40359-ELS_OS-CENTOS7ELS", "initial_release_date": "2023-08-14T17:15:00Z", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2023-08-14T17:15:00Z", "number": "1", "summary": "Initial version" }, { "date": "2026-10-26T14:57:58Z", "number": "2", "summary": "Official Publication" } ], "status": "final", "version": "2" }, "title": "Security update on CVE-2023-40359" }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_name", "name": "Community Enterprise Operating System 7", "product": { "name": "Community Enterprise Operating System 7", "product_id": "CentOS-7", "product_identification_helper": { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:centos:centos:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" } } } ], "category": "product_family", "name": "Community Enterprise Operating System" } ], "category": "vendor", "name": "Red Hat, Inc." }, { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version", "name": "xterm-0:295-3.el7_9.1.tuxcare.els1.x86_64", "product": { "name": "xterm-0:295-3.el7_9.1.tuxcare.els1.x86_64", "product_id": "xterm-0:295-3.el7_9.1.tuxcare.els1.x86_64", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:rpm/tuxcare/xterm@295-3.el7_9.1.tuxcare.els1?arch=x86_64" } } } ], "category": "architecture", "name": "x86_64" }, { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version", "name": "xterm-0:295-3.el7_9.1.tuxcare.els1.i686", "product": { "name": "xterm-0:295-3.el7_9.1.tuxcare.els1.i686", "product_id": "xterm-0:295-3.el7_9.1.tuxcare.els1.i686", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:rpm/tuxcare/xterm@295-3.el7_9.1.tuxcare.els1?arch=i686" } } } ], "category": "architecture", "name": "i686" }, { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version", "name": "xterm-0:295-3.el7_9.1.tuxcare.els1.aarch64", "product": { "name": "xterm-0:295-3.el7_9.1.tuxcare.els1.aarch64", "product_id": "xterm-0:295-3.el7_9.1.tuxcare.els1.aarch64", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:rpm/tuxcare/xterm@295-3.el7_9.1.tuxcare.els1?arch=aarch64" } } } ], "category": "architecture", "name": "aarch64" } ], "category": "vendor", "name": "TuxCare" } ], "relationships": [ { "category": "default_component_of", "full_product_name": { "name": "xterm-0:295-3.el7_9.1.tuxcare.els1.x86_64 as a component of Community Enterprise Operating System 7", "product_id": "CentOS-7:xterm-0:295-3.el7_9.1.tuxcare.els1.x86_64" }, "product_reference": "xterm-0:295-3.el7_9.1.tuxcare.els1.x86_64", "relates_to_product_reference": "CentOS-7" }, { "category": "default_component_of", "full_product_name": { "name": "xterm-0:295-3.el7_9.1.tuxcare.els1.i686 as a component of Community Enterprise Operating System 7", "product_id": "CentOS-7:xterm-0:295-3.el7_9.1.tuxcare.els1.i686" }, "product_reference": "xterm-0:295-3.el7_9.1.tuxcare.els1.i686", "relates_to_product_reference": "CentOS-7" }, { "category": "default_component_of", "full_product_name": { "name": "xterm-0:295-3.el7_9.1.tuxcare.els1.aarch64 as a component of Community Enterprise Operating System 7", "product_id": "CentOS-7:xterm-0:295-3.el7_9.1.tuxcare.els1.aarch64" }, "product_reference": "xterm-0:295-3.el7_9.1.tuxcare.els1.aarch64", "relates_to_product_reference": "CentOS-7" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2023-40359", "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "xterm before 380 supports ReGIS reporting for character-set names even if they have unexpected characters (i.e., neither alphanumeric nor underscore), aka a pointer/overflow issue. This can only occur for xterm installations that are configured at compile time to use a certain experimental feature.", "title": "Vulnerability description" }, { "category": "other", "text": "TuxCare has assessed that this vulnerability does not impact any currently supported TuxCare products. This evaluation may change as new information becomes available. For additional details regarding this vulnerability and affected products, refer to the provided references.", "title": "Statement" } ], "product_status": { "known_not_affected": [ "CentOS-7:xterm-0:295-3.el7_9.1.tuxcare.els1.aarch64", "CentOS-7:xterm-0:295-3.el7_9.1.tuxcare.els1.i686", "CentOS-7:xterm-0:295-3.el7_9.1.tuxcare.els1.x86_64" ] }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "Canonical URL", "url": "https://cve.tuxcare.com/els/cve/CVE-2023-40359" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html#xterm_380", "url": "https://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html#xterm_380" } ], "release_date": "2023-08-14T17:15:00Z", "threats": [ { "category": "impact", "details": "Critical" }, { "category": "impact", "date": "2026-10-15T17:35:23.624087Z", "details": "The xterm package for CentOS 7 ELS is not affected by CVE-2023-40359. The vulnerable ReGIS reporting code was added upstream after version 295, and the shipped xterm 295 source contains no ReGIS code at all.", "product_ids": [ "CentOS-7:xterm-0:295-3.el7_9.1.tuxcare.els1.aarch64", "CentOS-7:xterm-0:295-3.el7_9.1.tuxcare.els1.i686", "CentOS-7:xterm-0:295-3.el7_9.1.tuxcare.els1.x86_64" ] } ] } ] }