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GNU Screen UTF-8 Character Handling Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA22583
Release Date: 2006-10-25
Popularity: 10,338 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:GNU Screen 4.x

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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in GNU Screen, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to errors within the handling of certain UTF-8 characters. This can be exploited to crash GNU Screen or potentially execute arbitrary code by printing a specially crafted string to the window.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 4.0.3.

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