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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53106
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-408)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'screen' package(s) announced via the DSA-408 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'screen' package(s) announced via the DSA-408 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Timo Sirainen reported a vulnerability in screen, a terminal multiplexor with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation, that can lead an attacker to gain group utmp privileges.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.9.11-5woody1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4.0.2-0.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your screen package.

Affected Software/OS:
'screen' package(s) on Debian 3.0.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
10.0

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

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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