OpenPKG Security Advisory
OpenPKG-SA-2006.026
Publisher Name: OpenPKG GmbH Publisher Home: http://openpkg.com/ Advisory Id (public): OpenPKG-SA-2006.026 Advisory Type: OpenPKG Security Advisory (SA) Advisory Directory: http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA Advisory Document: http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA-2006.026 Advisory Published: 2008-10-06 22:56 UTC Issue Id (internal): OpenPKG-SI-20061026.01 Issue First Created: 2006-10-26 Issue Last Modified: 2006-12-07 Issue Revision: 08
Subject Name: Screen Subject Summary: Virtual Screen Manager Subject Home: http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/ Subject Versions: * <= 4.0.2 Vulnerability Id: CVE-2006-4573 Vulnerability Scope: global (not OpenPKG specific) Attack Feasibility: run-time Attack Vector: local system Attack Impact: denial of service Description: According to a vendor release announcement [0], a denial of service vulnerability exists in the virtual terminal application GNU screen [1], version 4.0.2 and earlier. The vulnerabilities exist in the handling of "UTF-8 combining characters" and allow user-assisted attackers to cause a Denial of Service (crash or hang of GNU screen) via certain UTF-8 character sequences. References: [0] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-users/2006-10/msg00028.html [1] http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/
Primary Package Name: screen Primary Package Home: http://openpkg.org/go/package/screen Affected Distribution: Affected Branch: Affected Package: OpenPKG Enterprise E1.0-SOLID n/a OpenPKG Community 2-STABLE-20061018 screen-4.0.2-2.20061018 OpenPKG Community 2-STABLE screen-4.0.2-2.20061018 OpenPKG Community CURRENT screen-4.0.2-20061013 Corrected Distribution: Corrected Branch: Corrected Package: OpenPKG Enterprise E1.0-SOLID screen-4.0.3-E1.0.0 OpenPKG Community 2-STABLE-20061018 screen-4.0.3-2.20061023 OpenPKG Community 2-STABLE screen-4.0.3-2.20061023 OpenPKG Community CURRENT screen-4.0.3-20061023
