Summary
The remote host is missing an update to screen
announced via advisory DSA 408-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20408-1
Insight
Timo Sirainen reported a vulnerability in screen, a terminal multiplexor with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation, that can lead an attacker to gain group utmp privledges.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.9.11-5woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4.0.2-0.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your screen package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2003-0972 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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