ALAS2023-2023-224


Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-224
Advisory Release Date: 2023-06-21 19:10 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-06-27 20:58 Pacific
Severity: Low

Issue Overview:

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. (CVE-2023-24626)


Affected Packages:

screen


Issue Correction:
Run dnf update screen --releasever 2023.1.20230628 to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    screen-debuginfo-4.8.0-5.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    screen-4.8.0-5.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    screen-debugsource-4.8.0-5.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64

src:
    screen-4.8.0-5.amzn2023.0.3.src

x86_64:
    screen-debuginfo-4.8.0-5.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    screen-debugsource-4.8.0-5.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    screen-4.8.0-5.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64