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FKIE_CVE-2011-2198

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-05-21 14:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:30
Severity
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@".
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/09/3Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/10Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629688Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=652124Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712148Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://git.gnome.org/browse/vte/commit/?h=vte-0-28&id=ac71d26f067be3a21bff315c3cabf24c94360dd6Exploit, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/09/3Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/10Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629688Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=652124Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712148Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.gnome.org/browse/vte/commit/?h=vte-0-28&id=ac71d26f067be3a21bff315c3cabf24c94360dd6Exploit, Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnome gnome-terminal *
opensuse opensuse 11.4
opensuse opensuse 12.1
oracle solaris 11.2

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