CVE-2003-0972 Information

Description

Integer signedness error in ansi.c for GNU screen 4.0.1 and earlier and 3.9.15 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a large number of ;\ (semicolon) characters in escape sequences which leads to a buffer overflow.

Reference

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000809 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gnu-screen/message/3118 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106995837813873&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/10539 http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-408 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:113