CVE-2023-24626

Summary

CVECVE-2023-24626
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-04-08 05:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-04-19 13:23:00 UTC
Descriptionsocket.c in GNU Screen through 4.9.0, when installed setuid or setgid (the default on platforms such as Arch Linux and FreeBSD), allows local users to send a privileged SIGHUP signal to any PID, causing a denial of service or disruption of the target process.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Screen All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
GNU screen v4.9.0 - Privilege Escalation - Linux local Exploit MISC www.exploit-db.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/patch CONFIRM git.savannah.gnu.org Mailing List, Patch
GNU Screen - Bugs: Exiting with Error [Savannah] MISC savannah.gnu.org Permissions Required
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 199500 Ubuntu Security Notification for GNU Screen Vulnerability (USN-6198-1)
  • 354917 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for screen : ALAS2-2023-2023
  • 355465 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for screen : ALAS2023-2023-224
  • 502999 Alpine Linux Security Update for screen
  • 503000 Alpine Linux Security Update for screen
  • 503130 Alpine Linux Security Update for screen
  • 505938 Alpine Linux Security Update for screen
  • 673171 EulerOS Security Update for screen (EulerOS-SA-2023-2322)
  • 673192 EulerOS Security Update for screen (EulerOS-SA-2023-2342)
  • 673222 EulerOS Security Update for screen (EulerOS-SA-2023-2367)
  • 673254 EulerOS Security Update for screen (EulerOS-SA-2023-2393)
  • 673327 EulerOS Security Update for screen (EulerOS-SA-2023-2667)
  • 673509 EulerOS Security Update for screen (EulerOS-SA-2023-2709)
  • 673573 EulerOS Security Update for screen (EulerOS-SA-2023-3159)
  • 907322 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for screen (26216-1)

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