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openSUSE Security Update : screen (openSUSE-2021-304)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 146676

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for screen fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2021-26937: Fixed double width combining char handling that could lead to a denial of service or code execution (bsc#1182092).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected screen packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1182092

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 146676

File Name: openSUSE-2021-304.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/22/2021

Updated: 1/19/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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:novell:opensuse:screen, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:screen-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:screen-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-26937