CVE-2015-6806 (GCVE-0-2015-6806)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-09-28 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 07:29
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The MScrollV function in ansi.c in GNU screen 4.3.1 and earlier does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via an escape sequence with a large repeat count value.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
8 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/0… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/01/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/commi… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/03/4 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45713 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3352 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3996-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
Date Public
2015-08-07 00:00
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