vulnerability
CentOS Linux: CVE-2021-26937: Important: screen security update (CESA-2021:0742)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Feb 9, 2021 | Mar 9, 2021 | May 25, 2023 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 9, 2021
Added
Mar 9, 2021
Modified
May 25, 2023
Description
encoding.c in GNU Screen through 4.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted UTF-8 character sequence.
Solutions
centos-upgrade-screencentos-upgrade-screen-debuginfo
References
Rapid7 Labs
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