FKIE_CVE-2009-1215
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-04-01 10:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:06
Severity
Summary
Race condition in GNU screen 4.0.3 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/screen-exchange temporary file.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | gnu_screen | 4.0.3 |
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"lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:06:47.277",
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"comment": "Red Hat does not consider this to be a security issue. The checks implemented by screen to protect against race condition attacks on /tmp/screen-exchange file provide sufficient protection for this rarely-used buffer exchange feature. For more details, see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492104",
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