SB2024072242 - openEuler 20.03 LTS SP4 update for vte291

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-37535)

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.

2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2000-0476)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can trick the victim to insert certain characters that force the window to be resized and crash the terminal.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2024-1827