openEuler 24.03 LTS update for vte291

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU93078

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-37535

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when handling window resize escape sequence. A local user can consume all available memory resources and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

openEuler: 24.03 LTS

vte291-help: before 0.72.2-2

vte291-devel: before 0.72.2-2

vte291-debugsource: before 0.72.2-2

vte291-debuginfo: before 0.72.2-2

vte291: before 0.72.2-2

External links

http://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2024-1803

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.