FKIE_CVE-2012-2385

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-06-29 19:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:41
Severity
Summary
The terminal dispatcher in mosh before 1.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (long loop and CPU consumption) via an escape sequence with a large repeat count value.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082766.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082814.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082850.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/49260
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/9
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53646
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823943
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75779
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/keithw/mosh/blob/master/ChangeLog
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/keithw/mosh/commit/9791768705528e911bfca6c4d8aa88139035060ePatch
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/keithw/mosh/issues/271
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082766.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082814.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082850.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/49260
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/9
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53646
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823943
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75779
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/keithw/mosh/blob/master/ChangeLog
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/keithw/mosh/commit/9791768705528e911bfca6c4d8aa88139035060ePatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/keithw/mosh/issues/271
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
keith_winstein mosh *
keith_winstein mosh 0.98c
keith_winstein mosh 1.0
keith_winstein mosh 1.1
keith_winstein mosh 1.1.1
keith_winstein mosh 1.1.2
keith_winstein mosh 1.1.3
keith_winstein mosh 1.1.3-1
keith_winstein mosh 1.1.3-2
keith_winstein mosh 1.2
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:41:27.860",
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