Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-9366 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in GNU Screen

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
gnu
CWE-787
nessus

Summary

A buffer overflow was found in the way GNU Screen before 4.8.0 treated the special escape OSC 49. Specially crafted output, or a special program, could corrupt memory and crash Screen or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-202003-62.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202003-62 (GNU Screen: Buffer overflow) A buffer overflow was found in the way GNU Screen treated the special escape OSC 49. Impact : A remote attacker, by writing a specially crafted string of characters to a GNU Screen window, could possibly corrupt memory or have other unspecified impact. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
last seen2020-04-04
modified2020-03-31
plugin id135017
published2020-03-31
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135017
titleGLSA-202003-62 : GNU Screen: Buffer overflow
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202003-62.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(135017);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/04/02");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-9366");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"202003-62");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-202003-62 : GNU Screen: Buffer overflow");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202003-62
(GNU Screen: Buffer overflow)

    A buffer overflow was found in the way GNU Screen treated the special
      escape OSC 49.
  
Impact :

    A remote attacker, by writing a specially crafted string of characters
      to a GNU Screen window, could possibly corrupt memory or have other
      unspecified impact.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-62"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All GNU Screen users should upgrade to the latest version:
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-misc/screen-4.8.0'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:screen");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/02/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/03/30");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/03/31");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"app-misc/screen", unaffected:make_list("ge 4.8.0"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 4.8.0"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "GNU Screen");
}