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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2011-2198 Detail

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@".


Metrics

 
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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  3.5 LOW
Vector:  (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/09/3 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/10 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629688 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=652124 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712148 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://git.gnome.org/browse/vte/commit/?h=vte-0-28&id=ac71d26f067be3a21bff315c3cabf24c94360dd6 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-terminal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		Up to (including)
0.28.0

Configuration 2 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)

Configuration 3 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)

Denotes Vulnerable Software
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-2198
NVD Published Date:
05/21/2014
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.