Bug 2529414 - CVE-2026-56741 jline: JLine3 Telnet server: Denial of Service via uncontrolled terminal dimensions [fedora-all]
Summary: CVE-2026-56741 jline: JLine3 Telnet server: Denial of Service via uncontrolle...
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Status: NEW
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: jline
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Marián Konček
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: CVE-2026-56741
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Reported: 2026-09-07 12:28 UTC by Ganesh
Modified: 2026-09-07 12:28 UTC (History)
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Description Ganesh 2026-09-07 12:28:34 UTC
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JLine is a Java library for handling console input. Prior to 3.30.14, 4.0.16, and 4.2.1, the JLine3 Telnet server remote-telnet module does not apply an upper bound to terminal dimensions received via the Telnet NAWS option, and TelnetIO.handleNAWS() in TelnetIO.java:856-879 reads client-supplied width and height as 16-bit unsigned integers and passes values such as 65535x65535 to setTerminalGeometry(), allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to repeatedly alternate values and trigger continuous expensive rendering work that causes CPU exhaustion and denial of service. This issue is fixed in versions 3.30.14, 4.0.16, and 4.2.1.


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