CVE-2012-2738 | BDVDB-2026-51138 Detail
Description#
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083403.html
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676090
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.32/vte-0.32.2.changes
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.32/vte-0.32.2.news
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54281
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/15/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/6
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083398.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.