CVE-2006-4573

NameCVE-2006-4573
DescriptionMultiple 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1202-1
Debian Bugs395225, 395999

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
screen (PTS)buster, buster (security)4.6.2-3+deb10u1fixed
bullseye4.8.0-6fixed
bookworm4.9.0-4fixed
sid, trixie4.9.1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
screensourcesarge4.0.2-4.1sarge1DSA-1202-1
screensource(unstable)4.0.3-0.1medium395225, 395999

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