CVE-2012-2738

N/A Unknown

Published: July 22, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.32/vte-0.32.2.changes

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.32/vte-0.32.2.news

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083398.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083403.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/6

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/15/11

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54281

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Exploit

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676090

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.32/vte-0.32.2.changes