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CVE-2017-5618 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (screen), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.
GNU screen before 4.5.1 allows local users to modify arbitrary files and consequently gain root privileges by leveraging improper checking of logfile permissions.