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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2024.0057
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2024-0057)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'screen' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2024-0057 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'screen' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2024-0057 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The updated package fixes a security vulnerability:
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. (CVE-2023-24626)

Affected Software/OS:
'screen' package(s) on Mageia 9.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.6

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-24626
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?63195
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51252
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