Bug#673871: malicious escape sequences can cause denial of service for mosh-server

2012-05-21 Thread Keith Winstein
Thanks, Timo, and thanks for submitting the original bug as well. This bug allows applications and unscreened terminal input (run or "catted" by the user) to DOS the mosh-server (also run by the user). It also allowed the mosh-server process (invoked by the user but resident on a remote host and n

Bug#673871: malicious escape sequences can cause denial of service for mosh-server

2012-05-21 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Package: mosh Version: 1.2-1 Severity: important Tags: security I submitted details upstream at https://github.com/keithw/mosh/issues/271 but here's also a copy: > The commands > > echo -en "\e[2147483647L" > echo -en "\e[2147483647M" > echo -en "\e[2147483647@" > echo -en "\e[2147483647P" >