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Ubuntu: USN-6198-1 (CVE-2023-24626): GNU Screen vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-6198-1 (CVE-2023-24626): GNU Screen vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/08/2023
Created
07/04/2023
Added
07/04/2023
Modified
11/15/2024

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)

  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-screen

References

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