Debian DSA-3352-1 : screen - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 85809

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related 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.

Solution

Upgrade the screen packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 4.1.0~20120320gitdb59704-7+deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 4.2.1-3+deb8u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 85809

File Name: debian_DSA-3352.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:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:screen, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/4/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-6806

DSA: 3352

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