VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-2198
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…
LOW 3.5EPSS 2.16%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.16%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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@".
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 LOWAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.16% probability · 81th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-399
- Affected
- gnome/gnome-terminal · opensuse/opensuse · oracle/solaris
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/09/3Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/10Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629688Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=652124Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712148Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/vte/commit/?h=vte-0-28&id=ac71d26f067be3a21bff315c3cabf24c94360dd6Exploit, Patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/09/3Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/10Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629688Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=652124Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712148Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/vte/commit/?h=vte-0-28&id=ac71d26f067be3a21bff315c3cabf24c94360dd6Exploit, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.