CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-24626

Published: Apr 08, 2023 | Modified: May 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
6.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
LOW
root.io minimus.io echohq.com

socket.c in GNU Screen through 4.9.0, when installed setuid or setgid (the default on platforms such as Arch Linux and FreeBSD), allows local users to send a privileged SIGHUP signal to any PID, causing a denial of service or disruption of the target process.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Screen Gnu * 4.9.0 (including)
Screen Ubuntu bionic *
Screen Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Screen Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Screen Ubuntu focal *
Screen Ubuntu kinetic *
Screen Ubuntu lunar *
Screen Ubuntu mantic *
Screen Ubuntu trusty *
Screen Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Screen Ubuntu upstream *
Screen Ubuntu xenial *

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