CVE-2017-5618
Published: 20 March 2017
GNU screen before 4.5.1 allows local users to modify arbitrary files and consequently gain root privileges by leveraging improper checking of logfile permissions.
Priority
CVSS 3 base score: 7.8
Notes
Author | Note |
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seth-arnold | introduced via the following patches: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/commit/?id=c575c40c9bd7653470639da32e06faed0a9b2ec4 http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/commit/?h=screen-v4&id=5460f5d28c01a9a58e021eb1dffef2965e629d58 |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5618
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-devel/2017-01/msg00025.html
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50142
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/10
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian