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Status published
Medium
CVE-2015-6806
The MScrollV function in ansi.c in GNU screen 4.3.1 and...
Vulnerability Description
The MScrollV function in ansi.c in GNU screen 4.3.1 and earlier does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack 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://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/03/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/01/1
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/commit/?id=b7484c224738247b510ed0d268cd577076958f1b
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/03/4
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45713
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3352
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3996-1/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00001.html
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
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Timeline
Official Publish:
September 28th, 2015
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.