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[DSA408] DSA-408-1 screen

Family:

Debian Local Security Checks

Category:

infos

Copyright:

This script is (C) 2004 Michel Arboi

Summary:

DSA-408-1 screen

Version:

$Revision: 1.4 $

Cve_id:

CAN-2003-0972

Bugtraq_id:

9117

Xrefs:

DSA:408

Description:

Timo Sirainen reported a vulnerability in screen, a terminal
multiplexor with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation, that can lead an
attacker to gain group utmp privileges.
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.


Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-408
Risk factor : High