CVE-2011-2198 Information

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@.

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/09/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/10 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629688 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=652124 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712148 https://git.gnome.org/browse/vte/commit/?h=vte-0-28&id=ac71d26f067be3a21bff315c3cabf24c94360dd6