CVE-2023-24626 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

socket.c in GNU Screen through 4.9.0, when installed setuid or setgid (the default on platforms such as Arch Linux and FreeBSD), allows local users to send a privileged SIGHUP signal to any PID, causing a denial of service or disruption of the target process.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Gnu	Screen

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:screen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/patch/?id=e9ad41bfedb4537a6f0de20f00b27c7739f168f7
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24626
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?63195
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-24626
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51252

History

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-732
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-04-08T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-12T16:28:29.533Z

Reserved: 2023-01-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-24626

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T11:03:19.170Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-08T05:15:07.063

Modified: 2025-02-12T17:15:14.380

Link: CVE-2023-24626

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-04-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-24626 - Bugzilla

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