Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.51331
Category:	Conectiva Local Security Checks
Title:	Conectiva Security Advisory CLA-2004:809
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory CLA-2004:809. Screen[1] is a program which allows the use of several sessions inside a single terminal. Timo Sirainen reported[2] a buffer overflow vulnerability[3] in the screen package which could be exploited by an attacker who is able to send about 2Gb of data to the user's screen session. Additionally, a fix for a potential problem with window sizes has been incorporated in these updated packages. Please note that screen is not installed setuid/setgid. Solution: The apt tool can be used to perform RPM package upgrades by running 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get upgrade' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=CLA-2004:809 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=002004 Risk factor : Critical CVSS Score: 10.0
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-0972 Bugtraq: 20031127 GNU screen buffer overflow (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106995837813873&w=2 Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2004:809 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000809 Debian Security Information: DSA-408 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-408 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:113 http://secunia.com/advisories/10539
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