CVE-2011-2198 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in GNOME Terminal by tricking users into opening a crafted file that triggers excessive resource consumption.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2011-2198?
CVE-2011-2198 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 21 May 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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@".
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2198?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Gnome Gnome-Terminal, Opensuse Opensuse, Oracle Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2011-2198?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2011-2198 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2198 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Opensuse
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2198, GHSA-h28x-j69c-gvmr.