CVE-2011-2198
LOW severity · CVSS 3.5 · Improper input validation
3.5CVSS LOW
Summary
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@".
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=652124 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=652124Patch
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/vte/commit/?h=vte-0-28&id=ac71d26f067be3a21bff315c3cabf24c94360dd6Patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/09/3Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/10Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.htmlAdvisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629688Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712148Advisory