low3.5
CVE-2011-2198
The "insert-blank-characters" capability in caps.c in gnome-terminal (vte) before 0.28.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU an…
Impact
The "insert-blank-characters" capability in caps.c in gnome-terminal (vte) before 0.28.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption and crash) via a crafted file, as demonstrated by a file containing the string "\033[100000000000000000@".
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Gnome | Gnome-Terminal | through 0.28.0 |
| Opensuse | Opensuse | Versions 11.4, 12.1 |
| Oracle | Solaris | Version 11.2 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/09/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/10
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629688
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=652124
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712148
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/vte/commit/?h=vte-0-28&id=ac71d26f067be3a21bff315c3cabf24c94360dd6
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/09/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/10
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629688
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=652124
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712148
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/vte/commit/?h=vte-0-28&id=ac71d26f067be3a21bff315c3cabf24c94360dd6