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Race condition in GNU screen 4.0.3 allows local users to...

Low severity Unreviewed Published May 2, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 31, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Race condition in GNU screen 4.0.3 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/screen-exchange temporary file.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 1, 2009
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 2, 2022
Last updated Jan 31, 2023

Severity

Low

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

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(26th percentile)

Weaknesses

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2009-1215

GHSA ID

GHSA-4mvv-7x66-vcqx

Source code

No known source code

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