Debian DSA-4861-1 : screen - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 146791

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Felix Weinmann reported a flaw in the handling of combining characters in screen, a terminal multiplexer with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation, which can result in denial of service, or potentially the execution of arbitrary code via a specially crafted UTF-8 character sequence.

Solution

Upgrade the screen packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 4.6.2-3+deb10u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 146791

File Name: debian_DSA-4861.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/23/2021

Updated: 1/19/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-26937

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:screen, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/21/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-26937

DSA: 4861

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