CVE-2009-1214
First published: Sun Jan 11 2009(Updated: )
A security flaw was found in the screen utility in the way it used to create one particular temporary file. An attacker could use this flaw to perform a symlink attack. References: <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/screen/+bug/315993">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/screen/+bug/315993</a> <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=521123">http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=521123</a>
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| GNU screen | =4.0.3 |
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Reference Links
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=521123
- http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?25296
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/screen/+bug/315993
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/25/7
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492104
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34521
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49886
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/screen/+bug/315993/comments/1
- http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1214
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1214
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1215
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1215
- http://sunsite.ualberta.ca/Documentation/Gnu/screen-3.9.4/html_node/screen_82.html#SEC82
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=492104#c6
- http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?25296#comment4
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1214 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1214
- https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2009-1214.json
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