Red Hat 8877 Published by

A screen security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7.



RHSA-2022:1074-01: Important: screen security update



=====================================================================
Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: screen security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:1074-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1074
Issue date: 2022-03-28
CVE Names: CVE-2021-26937
=====================================================================

1. Summary:

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.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.7) - ppc64le, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.7) - x86_64

3. 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.

4. 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

5. Bugs fixed (  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

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

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7):

Source:
screen-4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.src.rpm

x86_64:
screen-4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm
screen-debuginfo-4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.7):

Source:
screen-4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.src.rpm

ppc64le:
screen-4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm
screen-debuginfo-4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm

x86_64:
screen-4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm
screen-debuginfo-4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.7):

Source:
screen-4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.src.rpm

x86_64:
screen-4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm
screen-debuginfo-4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
  https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

7. References:

  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-26937
  https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at   https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2022 Red Hat, Inc.