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A vulnerability has been found in Nalin Dahyabhai Vte up to 0.19.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Terminal. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The weakness was published 07/22/2012 with Red Hat Security Response Team as Bug 676090 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.gnome.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-2738 since 05/14/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 74697 (openSUSE Security Update : gnome-terminal (openSUSE-SU-2012:0933-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks.
Upgrading to version 0.19.1 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (76749) and Tenable (74697).
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 74697
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : gnome-terminal (openSUSE-SU-2012:0933-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 864530
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for vte FEDORA-2012-9546
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Vte 0.19.1
Timeline
05/14/2012 🔍07/03/2012 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: Bug 676090Organization: Red Hat Security Response Team
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-2738 (🔍)
X-Force: 76749
Vulnerability Center: 35508 - VTE Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability via a Crafted File, Medium
SecurityFocus: 54281 - VTE Remote Escape Sequences CVE-2012-2738 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 03/23/2015 16:50Updated: 12/06/2021 17:16
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (62), 04/14/2017 14:05 (11), 12/06/2021 17:16 (3)
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