VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-2385
The terminal dispatcher in mosh before 1.2.1 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.
MEDIUM 4.0EPSS 10.9%
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.9%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The terminal dispatcher in mosh before 1.2.1 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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 10.93% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- keith winstein/mosh
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082766.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082814.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082850.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49260
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53646
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823943
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75779
- https://github.com/keithw/mosh/blob/master/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/keithw/mosh/commit/9791768705528e911bfca6c4d8aa88139035060ePatch
- https://github.com/keithw/mosh/issues/271
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082766.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082814.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082850.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49260
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53646
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823943
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75779
- https://github.com/keithw/mosh/blob/master/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/keithw/mosh/commit/9791768705528e911bfca6c4d8aa88139035060ePatch
- https://github.com/keithw/mosh/issues/271
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.