CVE-2011-2198

NameCVE-2011-2198
DescriptionThe "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@".
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs629688

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
vte (PTS)bookworm, bullseye1:0.28.2-6fixed
sid, trixie1:0.28.2-6.1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
vtesourcesqueeze1:0.24.3-3
vtesource(unstable)1:0.28.1-1low629688

Notes

[lenny] - vte <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
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