Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 update for screen

1) Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command

EUVDB-ID: #VU50842

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-26937

CWE-ID: CWE-88 - Argument Injection or Modification

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of user-supplied data in the encoding.c file. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted UTF-8 character sequence to the GNU Screen application and perform a denial of service attack or execute arbitrary code on the system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions: 7.7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions: 7.7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS: 7.7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS: 7.7

screen (Red Hat package): before 4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1

External links

http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1074

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.