CVE-2009-1214

Severity

49%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

115%

GNU screen 4.0.3 creates the /tmp/screen-exchange temporary file with world-readable permissions, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive session information.

GNU screen 4.0.3 creates the /tmp/screen-exchange temporary file with world-readable permissions, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive session information.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 15 years ago

2009-04-01 10:30:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-08-17 01:30:00

Affected Software

GNU Screen 4.0.3

4.0.3

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=521123

http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?25296

[oss-security] 20090325 CVE request -- zsh, XFree86-xfs/xorg-x11-xfs, screen

34521

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/screen/+bug/315993

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492104

screen-screenexchange-info-disclosure(49886)

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