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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2023-24626: Security patch for screen (ALAS-2023-2023)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2023-24626: Security patch for screen (ALAS-2023-2023)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/08/2023
Created
05/05/2023
Added
05/03/2023
Modified
05/03/2023

Description

socket.c in GNU Screen through 4.9.0, when installed setuid or setgid (the default on platforms such as Arch Linux and FreeBSD), allows local users to send a privileged SIGHUP signal to any PID, causing a denial of service or disruption of the target process.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-screen
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-screen-debuginfo

References

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