| Name | CVE-2024-37535 |
| Description | GNOME VTE before 0.76.3 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a window resize escape sequence, a related issue to CVE-2000-0476. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1081907 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| vte (PTS) | jessie, stretch | 1:0.28.2-5 | vulnerable |
| buster, bullseye, bookworm | 1:0.28.2-6 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 1:0.28.2-6.1 | vulnerable |
| vte2.91 (PTS) | jessie | 0.38.1-2 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 0.46.1-1 | vulnerable |
| buster | 0.54.2-2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 0.62.3-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 0.70.6-2~deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 0.78.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| vte | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| vte | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | 1081907 |
| vte2.91 | source | experimental | 0.76.3-1 | | | |
| vte2.91 | source | (unstable) | 0.76.3-6 | | | |
Notes
[bookworm] - vte2.91 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - vte2.91 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - vte2.91 <postponed> (Minor issue)
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte/-/issues/2786
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/09/1
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte/-/commit/fd5511f24b7269195a7083f409244e9787c705dc (master)
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte/-/commit/1803ba866053a3d7840892b9d31fe2944a183eda (master)
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte/-/commit/036bc3ddcbb56f05c6ca76712a53b89dee1369e2 (0.76.3)
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte/-/commit/c313849c2e5133802e21b13fa0b141b360171d39 (0.76.3)
The legacy src:vte is only used in d-i without security implications
[stretch] - vte <postponed> (Minor issue, DoS)
[stretch] - vte2.91 <postponed> (Minor issue, DoS)
[jessie] - vte2.91 <postponed> (Minor issue, DoS)