GNOME VTE (GNOME Terminal library) fixes 1 vulnerability

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[TLP:CLEAR] GNOME VTE (GNOME Terminal library) fixes 1 vulnerability

GNOME is fixing a vulnerability in version 0.76.3 of GNOME VTE, which is used mainly by GNOME Terminal [1].

GNOME VTE - DoS (CVE-2024-37535)

CVSS 4.4 (Medium)

An unauthenticated remote attacker can carry out a DoS attack on GNOME Terminal, or on the host machine on which the Terminal was running, for example by tricking the user into running a malicious script or displaying a malicious page in the Terminal emulator [2]. A one-line PoC can be found at [3].

CVSS: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

More information:

CVE-2024-37535 at cve.org, NVD
CWE-400 at cwe.mitre.org

The vulnerability was publicly disclosed 9. 6. 2024.

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By CESNET, z.s.p.o. Martin Krajči on 10. 6. 2024.

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[TLP:CLEAR] GNOME VTE (GNOME Terminal library) fixes 1 vulnerability

GNOME VTE - DoS (CVE-2024-37535)

CVSS 4.4 (Medium)

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