Debian DLA-305-1 : screen security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 85807

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

A vulnerability was found in screen causing a stack overflow which results in crashing the screen server process, resulting in denial of service.

See DSA-3352-1 for information on other Debian releases.

We recommend that you upgrade your screen packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected screen package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 85807

File Name: debian_DLA-305.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/8/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:screen

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/5/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-6806

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