Keith Winstein mosh up to 1.2-2 Terminal resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Keith Winstein mosh up to 1.2-2. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Terminal. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-2385. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Keith Winstein mosh up to 1.2-2. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Terminal. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was presented 06/29/2012 by Timo Juhani Lindfors (Website). The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-2385 since 04/19/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 59695 (Fedora 15 : mosh-1.2.2-1.fc15 (2012-9422)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 1.2-2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (75779), Exploit-DB (37306), Tenable (59695), SecurityFocus (BID 53646†) and Secunia (SA49260†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 59695
Nessus Name: Fedora 15 : mosh-1.2.2-1.fc15 (2012-9422)
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OpenVAS ID: 864511
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for mosh FEDORA-2012-9414
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: mosh 1.2-2
Patch: github.com

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 9791768705528e911bfca6c4d8aa88139035060e
Researcher: Timo Juhani Lindfors
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-2385 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2385
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-61153
X-Force: 75779
SecurityFocus: 53646 - Mosh Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 49260 - Mosh Escape Sequence Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical
Vulnerability Center: 35500 - The Terminal Dispatcher in Mosh Before 1.2.1 Remote DoS Vulnerability via an Escape Sequence, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM
Updated: 10/03/2024 02:24 AM
Changes: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM (62), 04/14/2017 02:01 PM (13), 12/05/2021 02:33 PM (4), 12/05/2021 02:34 PM (1), 10/03/2024 02:24 AM (23)
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