Nalin Dahyabhai Vte up to 0.19.0 Terminal memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Nalin Dahyabhai Vte up to 0.19.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Terminal. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2012-2738. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

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. 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 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 123507 (Solaris 11.2 Support Repository Update (SRU) 8.4.0 Missing).

Upgrading to version 0.19.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (76749), Exploit-DB (37477), Tenable (74697), SecurityFocus (BID 54281†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-35508†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Vte 0.19.1

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07/03/2012 +50 days 🔍
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07/10/2012 +7 days 🔍
07/22/2012 +12 days 🔍
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06/13/2014 +691 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +283 days 🔍
12/02/2024 +3542 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 676090
Organization: Red Hat Security Response Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-2738 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2738
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-61375
X-Force: 76749
SecurityFocus: 54281 - VTE Remote Escape Sequences CVE-2012-2738 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 35508 - VTE Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability via a Crafted File, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/02/2024 10:54
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (62), 04/14/2017 14:05 (11), 12/06/2021 17:16 (3), 09/13/2024 20:40 (23), 12/02/2024 10:54 (4)
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