Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 3, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2003-0079
CVE-2003-0079
Description
The DEC UDK processing feature in the hanterm (hanterm-xf) terminal emulator before 2.0.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a certain character escape sequence that causes the terminal to enter a tight loop.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:hanterm:hanterm-xf:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:hanterm:hanterm-xf:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <2.0.5
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
No source-code context for this CVE — mechanics is only generated when we can read the actual fix diff. Without that, the four sections (root cause, attack vector, affected code, fix) would be speculation rather than analysis.
References
7- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/11415.phpnvdVendor Advisory
- marc.infonvd
- www.osvdb.org/4918nvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-070.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-071.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/6944nvd
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