Vulnerability Details : CVE-2006-4573
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the "utf8 combining characters handling" (utf8_handle_comb function in encoding.c) in screen before 4.0.3 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) via certain UTF8 sequences.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4573
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 3.97%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 91 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2006-4573
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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2.6
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LOW | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
4.9
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2.9
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NIST |
References for CVE-2006-4573
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http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.026-screen.html
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http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.480775
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https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-734
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:191
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
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http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1202
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-01.xml
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http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-users/2006-10/msg00028.html
Patch
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4189
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20727
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-370-1
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
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Products affected by CVE-2006-4573
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:screen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*