DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4573

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4573

    Published: 24 Oct 2006Last Modified: 7 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2006-4573

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the "utf8 combining characters handling" (utf8_handle_comb function in encoding.c) in screen before 4.0.3 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) via certain UTF8 sequences.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4573

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: screen

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/screen?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.0.3-0.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High