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Debian DSA-3352-1: Critical Issue in Screen Leading to DoS

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Calendar Grey September 4, 2015
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The Debian Security Bulletin DSA-3352-1 addresses a critical stack overflow vulnerability that may lead to Denial of Service in the screen utility, urging users to upgrade promptly
A vulnerability was found in screen causing a stack overflow which results in crashing the screen server process, resulting in denial of service
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Summary

A vulnerability was found in screen causing a stack overflow which
results in crashing the screen server process, resulting in denial
of service.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 4.1.0~20120320gitdb59704-7+deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.2.1-3+deb8u1.

For the testing (stretch) and unstable (sid) distributions, this problem
has been fixed in version 4.3.1-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your screen packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: screen
CVE ID: CVE-2015-6806

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