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CVE-2012-2385 Details

Description

The terminal dispatcher in mosh before 1.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (long loop and CPU consumption) via an escape sequence with a large repeat count value.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082766.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082814.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082850.html	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823943	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/49260	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75779	CVE
https://github.com/keithw/mosh/blob/master/ChangeLog	CVE
https://github.com/keithw/mosh/commit/9791768705528e911bfca6c4d8aa88139035060e	CVE	Patch
https://github.com/keithw/mosh/issues/271	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/9	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53646	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082766.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082814.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082850.html	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823943	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/49260	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75779	[email protected]
https://github.com/keithw/mosh/blob/master/ChangeLog	[email protected]
https://github.com/keithw/mosh/commit/9791768705528e911bfca6c4d8aa88139035060e	[email protected]	Patch
https://github.com/keithw/mosh/issues/271	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/9	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53646	[email protected]

see all 22 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-399	Resource Management Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
keith winstein mosh	<= 1.2-2 0.98c 1.0 1.1 1.1.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:keith_winstein:mosh:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:keith_winstein:mosh:0.98c:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:keith_winstein:mosh:1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:keith_winstein:mosh:1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:keith_winstein:mosh:1.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:keith_winstein:mosh:1.1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:keith_winstein:mosh:1.1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:keith_winstein:mosh:1.1.3-1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:keith_winstein:mosh:1.1.3-2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:keith_winstein:mosh:1.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

keith winstein mosh

<= 1.2-2

0.98c

1.0

1.1

1.1.1

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:keith_winstein:mosh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:keith_winstein:mosh:0.98c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:keith_winstein:mosh:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:keith_winstein:mosh:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:keith_winstein:mosh:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:keith_winstein:mosh:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:keith_winstein:mosh:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:keith_winstein:mosh:1.1.3-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:keith_winstein:mosh:1.1.3-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:keith_winstein:mosh:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 2, 2012	Initial Analysis	[email protected]