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Status published
Medium
CVE-2012-2385
The terminal dispatcher in mosh before 1.2.1 allows remote authenticated...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082766.html
- https://github.com/keithw/mosh/commit/9791768705528e911bfca6c4d8aa88139035060e
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082814.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082850.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53646
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49260
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/9
- https://github.com/keithw/mosh/issues/271
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823943
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75779
- https://github.com/keithw/mosh/blob/master/ChangeLog
Affected Vendor
keith winstein
View all reports →Affected Software
mosh
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.98c, 1.0, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.3-1, 1.1.3-2, 1.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 29th, 2012
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.