Vulnerabilities > CVE-2003-0972 - Unspecified vulnerability in GNU Screen
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE 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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 8 |
Nessus
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-408.NASL description Timo Sirainen reported a vulnerability in screen, a terminal multiplexor with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation, that can lead an attacker to gain group utmp privileges. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 15245 published 2004-09-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/15245 title Debian DSA-408-1 : screen - integer overflow code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-408. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(15245); script_version("1.20"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:17"); script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0972"); script_bugtraq_id(9117); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"408"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-408-1 : screen - integer overflow"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Timo Sirainen reported a vulnerability in screen, a terminal multiplexor with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation, that can lead an attacker to gain group utmp privileges." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-408" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the screen package. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.9.11-5woody1." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:screen"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2004/01/05"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/09/29"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"screen", reference:"3.9.11-5woody1")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRAKE_MDKSA-2003-113.NASL description A vulnerability was discovered and fixed in screen by Timo Sirainen who found an exploitable buffer overflow that allowed privilege escalation. This vulnerability also has the potential to allow attackers to gain control of another user last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 14095 published 2004-07-31 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/14095 title Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : screen (MDKSA-2003:113) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2003:113. # The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(14095); script_version ("1.19"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:47"); script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0972"); script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2003:113"); script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : screen (MDKSA-2003:113)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "A vulnerability was discovered and fixed in screen by Timo Sirainen who found an exploitable buffer overflow that allowed privilege escalation. This vulnerability also has the potential to allow attackers to gain control of another user's screen session. The ability to exploit is not trivial and requires approximately 2GB of data to be transferred in order to do so. Updated packages are available that fix the vulnerability." ); # http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=106995837813873&w=2 script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106995837813873&w=2" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected screen package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:screen"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2003/12/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/07/31"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK9.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"screen-3.9.11-4.1.90mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK9.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"screen-3.9.13-2.1.91mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK9.2", reference:"screen-3.9.15-2.1.92mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
References
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000809
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gnu-screen/message/3118
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106995837813873&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10539
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-408
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:113