Minicom
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| Original author(s) | Miquel van Smoorenburg |
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| Developer(s) | Adam Lackorzynski |
| Stable release |
2.7.1 / April 18, 2017
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| Development status | Active |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Linux, POSIX |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Type | Terminal emulator |
| License | GPL |
| Website | alioth |
Minicom is a text-based modem control and terminal emulation program for Unix-like operating systems, originally written by Miquel van Smoorenburg, and modeled after the popular MS-DOS program Telix. Minicom includes a dialing directory, ANSI and VT100 emulation, an (external) scripting language, and other features. Minicom is a menu-driven communications program. It also has an auto ZMODEM download.
A common use for Minicom is when setting up a remote serial console, perhaps as a last resort to access a computer if the LAN is down. This can be done using nothing more than an old 386 laptop with a Minicom floppy distribution such as Pitux or Serial Terminal Linux.
On 18 April 2017, it was announced that some versions of Minicom had an arbitrary code execution vulnerability, assigned CVE-2017-7467 by the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project. The issue was fixed with release 2.7.1, released the same day as the announcement.
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