PT-2009-3758 · Gnu+1 · Gnu Screen+1

Jan Lieskovsky · Published 2009-04-01 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2009-1214

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU screen version 4.0.3

Description The issue allows local users to potentially obtain sensitive session information due to world-readable permissions on the /tmp/screen-exchange temporary file.

Recommendations For GNU screen version 4.0.3, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, or as a temporary workaround, restrict access to the /tmp/screen-exchange file to prevent unauthorized reading of sensitive session information.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1266

CVE-2009-1214

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Gnu Screen

References · 22

• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2017-1266 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6806 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1215 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1214 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1214 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1214 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1214 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3048 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-1214 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5618 · Security Note
• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-devel/2017-01/msg00025.html · Note
• https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45713 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=521123 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/34521 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49886 · Note