FKIE_CVE-2003-0972

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2003-12-15 05:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:03
Severity
Summary
Integer signedness error in ansi.c for GNU screen 4.0.1 and earlier, and 3.9.15 and earlier, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a large number of ";" (semicolon) characters in escape sequences, which leads to a buffer overflow.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000809
cve@mitre.orghttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/gnu-screen/message/3118
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106995837813873&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/10539
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-408Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:113
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000809
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gnu-screen/message/3118
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106995837813873&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/10539
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-408Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:113
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu screen 3.9.4
gnu screen 3.9.8
gnu screen 3.9.9
gnu screen 3.9.10
gnu screen 3.9.11
gnu screen 3.9.13
gnu screen 3.9.15
gnu screen 4.0.1
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