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Vulnerability Instance

Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.

GET /api/vulnerabilities/100796?format=api
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    "summary": "The MScrollV function in ansi.c in GNU screen 4.3.1 and earlier does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via an escape sequence with a large repeat count value.",
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