Debian trixie
Source: Debian Security Tracker
rxvt-unicode→ fixed in9.31-1urgency: not yet assignedsudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y rxvt-unicode
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CVE-2022-4170 · cross-distro fix matrix
CVE-2022-4170: The rxvt-unicode package is vulnerable to a remote code execution, in the Perl background extension, when an attacker can control the data written to the user's terminal and certain options are set.
Affects 6 Linux releases across 6 (distro × package) combinations.
Fix per ecosystem
Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2022-4170 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.
Alpine v3.20
Source: Alpine secdb
rxvt-unicode→ fixed in9.31-r0apk update && apk add --upgrade rxvt-unicode
Alpine v3.21
Source: Alpine secdb
rxvt-unicode→ fixed in9.31-r0apk update && apk add --upgrade rxvt-unicode
Alpine edge
Source: Alpine secdb
rxvt-unicode→ fixed in9.31-r0apk update && apk add --upgrade rxvt-unicode
Alpine v3.18
Source: Alpine secdb
rxvt-unicode→ fixed in9.31-r0apk update && apk add --upgrade rxvt-unicode
Alpine v3.19
Source: Alpine secdb
rxvt-unicode→ fixed in9.31-r0apk update && apk add --upgrade rxvt-unicode
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