Important: screen security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-26937  

Synopsis

Important: screen security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

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Topic

An update for screen is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The screen utility allows users to have multiple logins on a single terminal.

Security Fix(es):

  • screen: crash when processing combining chars (CVE-2021-26937)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1927062 - CVE-2021-26937 screen: crash when processing combining chars