CVE-2012-2385

N/A Unknown
Published: June 29, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082766.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082814.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082850.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/49260
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/9
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53646
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823943
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75779
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://github.com/keithw/mosh/blob/master/ChangeLog
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://github.com/keithw/mosh/commit/9791768705528e911bfca6c4d8aa88139035060e
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
https://github.com/keithw/mosh/issues/271
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082766.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082814.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082850.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/49260
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/9
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53646
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823943
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75779
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://github.com/keithw/mosh/blob/master/ChangeLog
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://github.com/keithw/mosh/commit/9791768705528e911bfca6c4d8aa88139035060e
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://github.com/keithw/mosh/issues/271
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
10.9%
95th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

keith_winstein

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