CVE-2024-37535

Publication date 9 June 2024

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
vte2.91	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 0.76.0-1ubuntu0.1
	23.10 mantic	Fixed 0.74.0-2ubuntu0.1
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 0.68.0-1ubuntu0.1
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 0.60.3-0ubuntu1~20.5
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation

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Notes

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Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
vte2.91	Upstream: 1803ba8 Upstream: fd5511f Upstream: 036bc3d Upstream: c313849

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-6833-1
VTE vulnerability
13 June 2024

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-37535
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/09/1
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/09/2