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Package details: pkg:deb/debian/screen@4.0.3-0.3
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Next non-vulnerable version 4.9.1-3
Latest non-vulnerable version 4.9.1-3
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Vulnerabilities affecting this package (6)
Vulnerability Summary Fixed by
VCID-2yta-5h7n-j3gg
Aliases:
CVE-2009-1215
Race condition in GNU screen 4.0.3 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/screen-exchange temporary file.
4.0.3-14
Affected by 4 other vulnerabilities.
VCID-52m3-cg57-ubh9
Aliases:
CVE-2017-5618
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.
4.5.0-6
Affected by 2 other vulnerabilities.
VCID-c255-m7n4-4yew
Aliases:
CVE-2021-26937
encoding.c in GNU Screen through 4.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted UTF-8 character sequence.
4.6.2-3+deb10u1
Affected by 2 other vulnerabilities.
4.8.0-6
Affected by 4 other vulnerabilities.
VCID-jnmp-k1c2-rkbc
Aliases:
CVE-2009-1214
GNU screen 4.0.3 creates the /tmp/screen-exchange temporary file with world-readable permissions, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive session information.
4.0.3-14
Affected by 4 other vulnerabilities.
VCID-wr8k-aue4-2fhc
Aliases:
CVE-2020-9366
A buffer overflow was found in the way GNU Screen before 4.8.0 treated the special escape OSC 49. Specially crafted output, or a special program, could corrupt memory and crash Screen or possibly have unspecified other impact.
4.8.0-6
Affected by 4 other vulnerabilities.
VCID-zqvs-uzxx-1qem
Aliases:
CVE-2015-6806
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.
4.2.1-3+deb8u1
Affected by 4 other vulnerabilities.
4.5.0-6
Affected by 2 other vulnerabilities.
4.1.0~20120320gitdb59704-7+deb7u1
Affected by 4 other vulnerabilities.
Vulnerabilities fixed by this package (1)
Vulnerability Summary Aliases
VCID-y8x8-n2ku-yuf3 Multiple 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. CVE-2006-4573

Date Actor Action Vulnerability Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-06T04:18:38.934596+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Affected by VCID-c255-m7n4-4yew https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 38.6.0
2026-06-06T03:52:42.744923+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Affected by VCID-jnmp-k1c2-rkbc https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 38.6.0
2026-06-06T03:30:26.167109+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Affected by VCID-zqvs-uzxx-1qem https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 38.6.0
2026-06-06T02:45:14.440253+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Fixing VCID-y8x8-n2ku-yuf3 https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 38.6.0
2026-06-06T01:58:29.175166+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Affected by VCID-52m3-cg57-ubh9 https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 38.6.0
2026-06-06T01:20:48.278920+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Affected by VCID-2yta-5h7n-j3gg https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 38.6.0
2026-06-05T23:52:46.298407+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Affected by VCID-wr8k-aue4-2fhc https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 38.6.0
2026-06-05T23:23:32.680794+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Affected by VCID-c255-m7n4-4yew https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-buster.xml.bz2 38.6.0
2026-06-05T21:39:32.494574+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Affected by VCID-zqvs-uzxx-1qem https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-jessie.xml.bz2 38.6.0
2026-06-04T20:34:14.140453+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Affected by VCID-zqvs-uzxx-1qem https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-wheezy.xml.bz2 38.6.0