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2012-07-22
The VteTerminal in gnome-terminal (vte) before 0.32.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (long loop and CPU consumption) via an escape sequence with a large repeat count value.
Products | Vte |
Type | Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CWE-119) |
First patch | - None (likely due to unavailable code) |
Links |
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54281
• http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.32/vte-0.32.2.changes • http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083403.html • http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/15/11 • http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.32/vte-0.32.2.news
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/6 • http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html • http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083398.html • https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676090 |