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CVE-2025-46804

Screen 5.0.0 and older versions allow file existence tests when installed setuid-root



Description

A minor information leak when running Screen with setuid-root privileges allows unprivileged users to deduce information about a path that would otherwise not be available. Affected are older Screen versions, as well as version 5.0.0.

Reserved 2025-04-30 | Published 2025-05-26 | Updated 2025-05-28 | Assigner suse


LOW: 3.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

LOW: 2.0CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Problem types

CWE-203: Observable Discrepancy

Product status

Default status
unaffected

5.0
affected

?
affected

Credits

Matthias Gerstner, SUSE finder

References

bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-46804

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/1

cve.org (CVE-2025-46804)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-46804)

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