CVE-2003-0079 Information

Description

The DEC UDK processing feature in the hanterm (hanterm-xf) terminal emulator before 2.0.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a certain character escape sequence that causes the terminal to enter a tight loop.

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11415.php http://www.osvdb.org/4918 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-070.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-071.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6944