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CNVD-2021-13240

Vulnerability from cnvd - Published: 2021-02-27

Title

GNU Screen拒绝服务漏洞（CNVD-2021-13240）

Description

GNU Screen是一款由GNU计划开发的用于命令行终端切换的自由软件。用户可以通过该软件同时连接多个本地或远程的命令行会话，并在其间自由切换。 GNU Screen 4.8.0及更早版本中的encoding.c存在拒绝服务漏洞。攻击者可通过特制UTF-8字符序列利用该漏洞导致无效写访问和应用程序崩溃。

Severity

高

Formal description

厂商尚未提供漏洞修复方案，请关注厂商主页更新： https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/screen/

Reference

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-26937

Impacted products

Name
Gnu Screen <=4.8.0

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CVE-2021-26937 (GCVE-0-2021-26937)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-09 19:35 – Updated: 2025-05-09 20:03

Summary

encoding.c in GNU Screen through 4.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted UTF-8 character sequence.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root Scorecard

References

10 references

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https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-devel/2…	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/…	x_refsource_MISC
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/screen/	x_refsource_MISC
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/09/8	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4861	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-11	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2025050…

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