| Name | CVE-2022-46663 |
| Description | In GNU Less before 609, crafted data can result in "less -R" not filtering ANSI escape sequences sent to the terminal. |
| 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 | 1030825 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| less (PTS) | bullseye, bullseye (security) | 551-2+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 590-2.1~deb12u2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 643-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| less | source | buster | (not affected) | | | |
| less | source | bullseye | (not affected) | | | |
| less | source | (unstable) | 590-1.2 | | | 1030825 |
Notes
[bullseye] - less <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[buster] - less <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/07/7
Introduced by: https://github.com/gwsw/less/commit/0f810ef16781bf0f59690be63af876bddabf68bf (v566)
Fixed by: https://github.com/gwsw/less/commit/a78e1351113cef564d790a730d657a321624d79c