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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : GNU Screen vulnerability (USN-3996-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 125594

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Kuang-che Wu discovered that GNU Screen improperly handled certain input. An attacker could use this issue to cause GNU Screen to crash, resulting in a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

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Solution

Update the affected screen package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3996-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 125594

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3996-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/30/2019

Updated: 5/17/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-6806

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:screen

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/29/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-6806

USN: 3996-1