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Alpine: screen: security update to 4.5.1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 407128

Description

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

 - GNU screen before 4.5.1 allows local users to modify arbitrary files and consequently gain root privileges
 by leveraging improper checking of logfile permissions. (CVE-2017-5618)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-5618

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 407128

Version: Revision 1.25

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.88

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-5618

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2017

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5618

BID: 95873