Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the utf8 combining characters handling (utf8_handle_comb function in encoding.c) in screen before 4.0.3 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) via certain UTF8 sequences.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Screen | Gnu | * | 4.0.2 (including) |
| Screen | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
| Screen | Ubuntu | devel | * |
| Screen | Ubuntu | edgy | * |
| Screen | Ubuntu | feisty | * |
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-users/2006-10/msg00028.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22573
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22583
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22611
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22647
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22649
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22707
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22726
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25402
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-01.xml
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security\u0026y=2006\u0026m=slackware-security.480775
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1202
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:191
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.026-screen.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20727
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-370-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4189
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-734
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-users/2006-10/msg00028.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22573
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22583
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22611
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22647
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22649
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22707
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22726
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25402
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-01.xml
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security\u0026y=2006\u0026m=slackware-security.480775
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1202
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:191
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.026-screen.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20727
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-370-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4189
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-734