CVE - CVE-2015-6806

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-6806	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The MScrollV function in ansi.c in GNU screen 4.3.1 and earlier does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via an escape sequence with a large repeat count value.
References
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CONFIRM:http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/commit/?id=b7484c224738247b510ed0d268cd577076958f1b CONFIRM:https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45713 DEBIAN:DSA-3352 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3352 MLIST:[oss-security] 20150901 CVE request: screen stack overflow (deep recursion) URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/01/1 MLIST:[oss-security] 20150903 AW: Re: CVE request: screen stack overflow (deep recursion) URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/03/4 MLIST:[oss-security] 20150904 Re: CVE request: screen stack overflow (deep recursion) URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/03/11 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2019:1485 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00001.html UBUNTU:USN-3996-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3996-1/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20150903	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20150903)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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