Description
xterm, Eterm, and rxvt allow an attacker to cause a denial of service by embedding certain escape characters which force the window to be resized.
Affected products
- michael_jennings / eterm0.8.10 – 0.8.10
- putty / putty0.48 – 0.48
- rxvt / rxvt2.6.1 – 2.6.1
- xfree86_project / x11r63.3.3 – 3.3.3
- xfree86_project / x11r64.0 – 4.0
References
- MISChttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0420.html
- MISChttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0409.html
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1298
- MAILING_LISThttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/09/1
- MAILING_LISThttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/09/2