CVE-2000-0476 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause denial of service in terminal emulators by sending malicious escape sequences that force window resizing.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2000-0476?
CVE-2000-0476 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Jul 2000. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
xterm, Eterm, and rxvt allow an attacker to cause a denial of service by embedding certain escape characters which force the window to be resized.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0476?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Michael Jennings Eterm, Putty Putty, Rxvt Rxvt, Xfree86 Project X11r6.
How do I fix CVE-2000-0476?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0476 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2000-0476 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2000-0476 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v649-2qq3-7mg9.