Vigil@nce - beep: denial of service via File Name Control
March 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Fedora.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: denial of service on client.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 10/01/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a fatal error via File Name Control of
beep, in order to trigger a denial of service.
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https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/beep-denial-of-service-via-File-Name-Control-28215