SB2000060101 - Denial of service in Rxvt
Published: June 1, 2000 Updated: July 23, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2000060101
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2000-0476)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can trick the victim to insert certain characters that force the window to be resized and crash the terminal.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.