| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 37 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| screen -- combined UTF-8 characters vulnerability | 23 Oct 200600:00 | – | freebsd | |
| CVE-2006-4573 | 24 Oct 200618:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2006-4573 | 24 Oct 200618:00 | – | cvelist | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 1202-1] New screen packages fix arbitrary code execution | 31 Oct 200620:35 | – | debian | |
| CVE-2006-4573 | 24 Oct 200618:00 | – | debiancve | |
| Debian DSA-1202-1 : screen - programming error | 6 Nov 200600:00 | – | nessus | |
| FreeBSD : screen -- combined UTF-8 characters vulnerability (b318dc8c-6756-11db-83c3-000c6ec775d9) | 30 Oct 200600:00 | – | nessus | |
| GLSA-200611-01 : Screen: UTF-8 character handling vulnerability | 6 Nov 200600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-005) | 25 May 200700:00 | – | nessus | |
| Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : screen (MDKSA-2006:191) | 18 Feb 200700:00 | – | nessus |
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(217033);
script_version("1.2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/01/28");
script_cve_id("CVE-2006-4573");
script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2006-4573");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.
- Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the utf8 combining characters handling (utf8_handle_comb
function in encoding.c) in screen before 4.0.3 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service
(crash or hang) via certain UTF8 sequences. (CVE-2006-4573)
Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-4573");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"There is no known solution at this time.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2006-4573");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_unpatched", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/10/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/03/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:screen");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Misc.");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025-2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("set_linux_os_id.nasl", "ssh_get_info2.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/OS/identifier", "Host/cpu", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "global_settings/vendor_unpatched");
script_require_ports("Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-4");
exit(0);
}
if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
include('linux_unpatched.inc');
var distro_constraints_array = {
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux-4": {
"package_manager": "rpm-list",
"constraints": [
{
"release": "4",
"pkgs": [
{"reference": "screen"}
]
}
]
}
};
var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);
if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_NOTE,
extra : report
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}
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