Upstream information

CVE-2011-2198 at MITRE

Description

The "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@".

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 3.5
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
No SUSE Bugzilla entries cross referenced.

SUSE Security Advisories:

    openSUSE-SU-2012:0931-1

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 19:10:44 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:17:14 2025