Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 28, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-6806
CVE-2015-6806
Description
The MScrollV function in ansi.c in GNU screen 4.3.1 and earlier does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via an escape sequence with a large repeat count value.
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Affected products
8- osv-coords6 versionspkg:rpm/suse/screen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/screen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/screen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/screen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/screen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/screen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4
< 4.0.4-23.3.3+ 5 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.4-23.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.4-23.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.4-23.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.4-23.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.4-23.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.4-23.3.3
Patches
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References
7- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/03/11nvdExploit
- git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/commit/nvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00001.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3352nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/01/1nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/03/4nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3996-1/nvd
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