The remote host is missing an update to screen announced via advisory DSA 1202-1. cstone and Rich Felker discovered that specially crafted UTF-8 sequences may lead an out of bands memory write when displayed inside the screen terminal multiplexer, allowing denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 34 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | screen - programming error | 31 Oct 200600:00 | – | osv |
![]() | Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-370-1) | 26 Aug 202200:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200611-01 (screen) | 24 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | FreeBSD Ports: screen | 4 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Slackware Advisory SSA:2006-307-02 screen | 11 Sep 201200:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1202-1) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2006-307-02) | 10 Sep 201200:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200611-01 (screen) | 24 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | SLES9: Security update for screen | 10 Oct 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | SLES9: Security update for screen | 10 Oct 200900:00 | – | openvas |
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_1202_1.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $
# Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 1202-1
#
# Authors:
# Thomas Reinke <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2007 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com
# Text descriptions are largerly excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#
include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_solution = "For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.0.2-4.1sarge1. Due to technical problems with the security
buildd infrastructure this update lacks a build for the Sun Sparc
architecture. It will be released as soon as the problems are resolved.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.0.3-0.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your screen package.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201202-1";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing an update to screen
announced via advisory DSA 1202-1.
cstone and Rich Felker discovered that specially crafted UTF-8 sequences
may lead an out of bands memory write when displayed inside the screen
terminal multiplexer, allowing denial of service and potentially the
execution of arbitrary code.";
if(description)
{
script_id(57564);
script_version("$Revision: 6616 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-07 14:10:49 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 23:17:11 +0100 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2006-4573");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"2.6");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 1202-1 (screen)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2006 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
#
# The script code starts here
#
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"screen", ver:"4.0.2-4.1sarge1", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}
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