CVE-2011-2198

CVSS V2 Low 3.5 CVSS V3 None
Description
The "insert-blank-characters" capability in caps.c in gnome-terminal (vte) before 0.28.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption and crash) via a crafted file, as demonstrated by a file containing the string "\033[100000000000000000@".
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2011-2198
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2014-05-21T14:55:05
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-30T16:27:33
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-terminal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 0.28.0
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 3.5
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 6.8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/10 Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629688 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=652124 Patch Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/09/3 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.html Third Party Advisory
https://git.gnome.org/browse/vte/commit/?h=vte-0-28&id=ac71d26f067be3a21bff315c3cabf24c94360dd6 Exploit Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712148 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2198
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2198
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:57:02 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-01 23:11:33 2014-05-21T14:55Z 2014-05-21T14:55:05 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-01 23:11:33 2018-10-30T16:27:33 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-01 23:11:33 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated