Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | New screen packages fix group utmp exploit |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | DSA-408 | First vendor Publication | 2004-01-05 |
| Vendor | Debian | Last vendor Modification | 2004-01-05 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | 1 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 10 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| Timo Sirainen reported a vulnerability in screen, a terminal multiplexor with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation, that can lead an attacker to gain group utmp privledges. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.9.11-5woody1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4.0.2-0.1. We recommend that you upgrade your screen package. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-408 |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 408-1 (screen) File : nvt/deb_408_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 2874 | GNU Screen Local Overflow Privilege Escalation A local overflow exists in GNU Screen. The w_NumArgs signed integer in ansi.c can be overflowed when the "< MAXARGS" protection fails to sanitize the input resulting in an integer overflow. With a specially crafted exploit, a local attacker can gain setgid-utmp or setuid-root privileges. |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2004-09-29 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-408.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2004-07-31 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2003-113.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 11:32:58 |
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