Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Affecting screen package, versions <4.9.1-3


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-SCREEN-11767981
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed26 May 2025

Introduced: 26 May 2025

CVE-2025-46805  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-367  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 screen to version 4.9.1-3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream screen package and not the screen package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 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