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Status published
Medium
CVE-2012-2738
The VteTerminal in gnome-terminal (vte) before 0.32.2 allows remote authenticated...
Vulnerability Description
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.
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-July/083403.html
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676090
- 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://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54281
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/15/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/6
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083398.html
Affected Vendor
nalin dahyabhai
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vte
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.9.0, 0.9.2, 0.10, 0.10.1, 0.10.2, 0.10.3, 0.10.4, 0.10.5, 0.10.6, 0.10.7, 0.10.8, 0.10.9, 0.10.10, 0.10.11, 0.10.12, 0.10.13, 0.10.14, 0.10.15, 0.10.16, 0.10.17, 0.10.19, 0.10.20, 0.10.21, 0.10.22, 0.10.23, 0.10.25, 0.10.26, 0.10.27, 0.10.28, 0.10.29, 0.11.0, 0.11.1, 0.11.2, 0.11.3, 0.11.4, 0.11.5, 0.11.6, 0.11.7, 0.11.8, 0.11.9, 0.11.10, 0.11.11, 0.11.12, 0.11.13, 0.11.14, 0.11.15, 0.11.16, 0.11.17, 0.11.18, 0.11.19, 0.11.20, 0.11.21, 0.12.0, 0.12.1, 0.12.2, 0.13.0, 0.13.1, 0.13.2, 0.13.3, 0.13.4, 0.13.5, 0.13.6, 0.13.7, 0.14.0, 0.14.1, 0.14.2, 0.15.0, 0.15.1, 0.15.2, 0.15.3, 0.15.4, 0.15.5, 0.15.6, 0.16.0, 0.16.1, 0.16.2, 0.16.3, 0.16.4, 0.16.5, 0.16.6, 0.16.7, 0.16.8, 0.16.9, 0.16.10, 0.16.11, 0.16.12, 0.16.13, 0.16.14, 0.17.1, 0.17.2, 0.17.3, 0.17.4, 0.19.1, 0.19.2, 0.19.3, 0.19.4, 0.20.0, 0.20.1, 0.20.2, 0.20.3, 0.20.4, 0.20.5, 0.21.1, 0.21.2, 0.21.3, 0.21.4, 0.21.5, 0.21.6, 0.21.7, 0.22.0, 0.22.1, 0.22.2, 0.22.3, 0.22.4, 0.22.5, 0.23.1, 0.23.2, 0.23.3, 0.23.4, 0.23.5, 0.24.0, 0.24.1, 0.24.2, 0.24.3, 0.25.1, 0.25.90, 0.25.91, 0.26.0, 0.26.1, 0.26.2, 0.27.0, 0.27.1, 0.27.2, 0.27.3, 0.27.4, 0.27.5, 0.27.90, 0.28.0, 0.28.1, 0.28.2, 0.29.0, 0.29.1, 0.30.0, 0.30.1, 0.31.0, 0.32.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 22nd, 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.