Bug 2292317 (CVE-2024-37535)

Summary: CVE-2024-37535 vte: Denial of service via window resize escape sequence
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Pedro Sampaio <psampaio>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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A flaw was found in gnome VTE. This flaw allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via a window resize escape sequence.
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Bug Depends On: 2292318, 2292319, 2292320    
Bug Blocks: 2292322    

Description Pedro Sampaio 2024-06-14 03:15:35 UTC
GNOME VTE before 0.76.3 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a window resize escape sequence, a related issue to CVE-2000-0476.

References:

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/09/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/09/2
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte/-/issues/2786
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte/-/tags/0.76.3

Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2024-06-14 03:15:47 UTC
Created vte tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2292318]

Comment 2 Pedro Sampaio 2024-06-14 03:17:23 UTC
Created vte tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2292319]


Created vte291 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2292320]