CVE-2023-24626
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.06%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2023-24626
To remediate CVE-2023-24626, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/screen—upgrade to 4.8.0-r6 or later
- —no fix listed
Is CVE-2023-24626 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.8.0-r6
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |