ALPINE-CVE-2017-5618

Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-5618
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-5618.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2017-5618
Upstream
Published
2017-03-20T16:59:02.077Z
Modified
2026-06-15T18:24:59.390019544Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

GNU screen before 4.5.1 allows local users to modify arbitrary files and consequently gain root privileges by leveraging improper checking of logfile permissions.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.5 / screen

Package

Name
screen
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/screen?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.5.1

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-5618.json"