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.

The version of vte291 installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-37535 advisory.

  - 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. (CVE-2024-37535)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2180-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-37535: Fixed a bug that allowed an attacker to cause a denial of service (memory consumption)     via a window resize escape. (bsc#1226134)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2152-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-37535: Fixed a bug that allowed an attacker to cause a denial of service (memory consumption)     via a window resize escape. (bsc#1226134)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2153-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-37535: Fixed a bug that allowed an attacker to cause a denial of service (memory consumption)     via a window resize escape. (bsc#1226134)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2151-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-37535: Fixed a bug that allowed an attacker to cause a denial of service (memory consumption)     via a window resize escape. (bsc#1226134)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6833-1 advisory.

    Siddharth Dushantha discovered that VTE incorrectly handled large window resize escape sequences. An     attacker could possibly use this issue to consume resources, leading to a denial of service.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
201255	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: vte291 (CVE-2024-37535)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	medium
200894	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : vte (SUSE-SU-2024:2180-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
200851	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : vte (SUSE-SU-2024:2152-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
200846	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : vte (SUSE-SU-2024:2153-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
200836	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : vte (SUSE-SU-2024:2151-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
200488	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 / 24.04 LTS : VTE vulnerability (USN-6833-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium

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