Race Condition Affecting screen package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-SCREEN-10155654
  • published14 May 2025
  • disclosed12 May 2025

Introduced: 12 May 2025

CVE-2025-46805  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 screen.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream screen package and not the screen package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Screen version 5.0.0 and older version 4 releases have a TOCTOU race potentially allowing to send SIGHUP, SIGCONT to privileged processes when installed setuid-root.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1