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0
Severity
4.9
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

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: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/screen/+bug/315993 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=521123

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Source: Red Hat
First published (updated )
Severity
7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

DISPUTED GNU screen 4.0.3 allows local users to unlock the screen via a CTRL-C sequence at the password prompt. NOTE: multiple third parties report inability to reproduce this issue.

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