CVE-2006-4573

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-4573
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-10-24 18:07:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the "utf8 combining characters handling" (utf8_handle_comb function in encoding.c) in screen before 4.0.3 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) via certain UTF8 sequences.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Screen All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
GNU Screen UTF-8 Character Handling Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian update for screen - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
GNU Screen Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1202-1 screen af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Mandriva update for screen - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Slackware update for screen - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secfix release for screen: screen-4.0.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.gnu.org Patch
About Security Update 2007-005 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.info.apple.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com
usn/usn-370-1 - Ubuntu: Linux for human beings af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Ubuntu update for screen - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rPath update for screen - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
OpenPKG Corporation: Security: Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openpkg.org
APPLE-SA-2007-05-24 Security Update 2007-005 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Gentoo update for screen - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Webmail | OVH- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Apple Mac OS X Security Update for Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Screen: UTF-8 character handling vulnerability — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-734 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
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