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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2022-46663: less: Denial of service

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2022-46663: less: Denial of service

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/07/2023
Created
10/11/2023
Added
10/11/2023
Modified
10/11/2023

Description

In GNU Less before 609, crafted data can result in "less -R" not filtering ANSI escape sequences sent to the terminal.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-apps-less

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