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CVE-2015-6806
Published: Sep 28, 2015
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[oss-security] 20150904 Re: CVE request: screen stack overflow (deep recursion)
mailing-list
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[oss-security] 20150901 CVE request: screen stack overflow (deep recursion)
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[oss-security] 20150903 AW: Re: CVE request: screen stack overflow (deep recursion)
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45713
x_refsource_CONFIRM
DSA-3352
vendor-advisory
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USN-3996-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
openSUSE-SU-2019:1485
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
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