Alpine: multiple screen packages: security update to 4.3.1-r0 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401095

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- The MScrollV function in ansi.c in GNU screen 4.3.1 and earlier does not properly limit recursion, which
allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via an escape sequence with a
large repeat count value. (CVE-2015-6806)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 401095

Version: Revision 1.23

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 8/26/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-6806

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-6806

BID: 76703

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