Race Condition Affecting screen package, versions [,4.0.3]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SCREEN-2319403
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed1 Apr 2009
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 Apr 2009

CVE-2009-1215  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for screen.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Race Condition. Race condition in GNU screen 4.0.3 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/screen-exchange temporary file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1