Buffer overflow - CVE-2012-2738
Published: July 22, 2012 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33015
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2738
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor:
Affected software:
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to perform service disruption.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-2738
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083398.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083403.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/15/11
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54281
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676090