Screen 5.0.0 and older versions allow file existence tests when installed setuid-root
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EUVD |
EUVD-2025-16307 | A minor information leak when running Screen with setuid-root privileges allows unprivileged users to deduce information about a path that would otherwise not be available. Affected are older Screen versions, as well as version 5.0.0. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7978-1 | GNU Screen vulnerabilities |
No CVSS v3.0
No CVSS v2
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.225% probability within 30 days)
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| Description | A minor information leak when running Screen with setuid-root privileges allosw unprivileged users to deduce information about a path that would otherwise not be available. Affected are older Screen versions, as well as version 5.0.0. | A minor information leak when running Screen with setuid-root privileges allows unprivileged users to deduce information about a path that would otherwise not be available. Affected are older Screen versions, as well as version 5.0.0. |
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| Description | A flaw was found in Screen. It generates an error message that allows unprivileged users to deduce information about a path that should not be accessible. | A minor information leak when running Screen with setuid-root privileges allosw unprivileged users to deduce information about a path that would otherwise not be available. Affected are older Screen versions, as well as version 5.0.0. |
| Title | screen: File Existence Tests via Socket Lookup Error Messages | Screen 5.0.0 and older versions allow file existence tests when installed setuid-root |
| Weaknesses | CWE-203 | |
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cvssV4_0
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| Description | No description is available for this CVE. | A flaw was found in Screen. It generates an error message that allows unprivileged users to deduce information about a path that should not be accessible. |
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| Description | No description is available for this CVE. | |
| Title | screen: File Existence Tests via Socket Lookup Error Messages | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-497 | |
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cvssV3_1
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