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Fedora 32: 2021-5e9894a0c5 Critical: DoS in Screen Utility

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Calendar Grey March 3, 2021
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Ubuntu patches fix CVE-2021-26938 concerning terminal to bolster user safety and dependability.
Security update for CVE-2021-26937

Summary

The screen utility allows you to have multiple logins on just one

terminal. Screen is useful for users who telnet into a machine or are

connected via a dumb terminal, but want to use more than just one

login.

Install the screen package if you need a screen manager that can

support multiple logins on one terminal.

Security update for CVE-2021-26937

* Thu Feb 18 2021 Josef Ridky - 4.8.0-5

- fix CVE-2021-26937 (#1927066)

* Wed Jan 27 2021 Fedora Release Engineering - 4.8.0-4

- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild

* Wed Jul 29 2020 Fedora Release Engineering - 4.8.0-3

- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_33_Mass_Rebuild

[ 1 ] Bug #1927062 - CVE-2021-26937 screen: crash when processing combining chars

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1927062

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2021-5e9894a0c5' at the command

line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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https://fedoraproject.org/security/

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Product: Fedora 32
Version: 4.8.0
Release: 5.fc32
Summary: A screen manager that supports multiple logins on one terminal

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