| Name | CVE-2012-2385 |
| Description | The terminal dispatcher in mosh before 1.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (long loop and CPU consumption) via an escape sequence with a large repeat count value. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 673871 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| mosh (PTS) | buster, bullseye | 1.3.2-2.1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 1.4.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| mosh | source | squeeze | 1.2.1-1 | low | | 673871 |
| mosh | source | (unstable) | 1.2.1-1 | low | | 673871 |
Notes
https://github.com/keithw/mosh/issues/271
https://github.com/keithw/mosh/commit/9791768705528e911bfca6c4d8aa88139035060e