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Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-24626: Vulnerability in Multiple Components

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-24626: Vulnerability in Multiple Components

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
04/08/2023
Created
03/22/2024
Added
03/26/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

socket.c in GNU Screen through 4.9.0, when installed setuid or setgid (the default on platforms such as Arch Linux and FreeBSD), allows local users to send a privileged SIGHUP signal to any PID, causing a denial of service or disruption of the target process.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-screen

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