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diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/screen-CVE-2017-5618.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/screen-CVE-2017-5618.patch deleted file mode 100644 index 1b95e428c8..0000000000 --- a/gnu/packages/patches/screen-CVE-2017-5618.patch +++ /dev/null @@ -1,40 +0,0 @@ -Fixes CVE-2017-5618 (privilege escalation via opening the logfile when -screen is installed setuid root): - -https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50142 -https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5618 - -This patch reverts the upstream commit that introduced the bug: - -https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/commit/?id=5460f5d28c01a9a58e021eb1dffef2965e629d58 - -From f55b0cc29a0ac2a1c54e8a5e886b7393edd4a76c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 -From: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> -Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2017 22:40:24 -0500 -Subject: [PATCH] Revert "adding permissions check for the logfile name" - -This reverts commit 5460f5d28c01a9a58e021eb1dffef2965e629d58. ---- - src/screen.c | 6 ------ - 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) - -diff --git a/src/screen.c b/src/screen.c -index 64650e9..283c305 100644 ---- a/src/screen.c -+++ b/src/screen.c -@@ -673,12 +673,6 @@ int main(int ac, char** av) - Panic(0, "-L: logfile name can not start with \"-\" symbol"); - if (strlen(screenlogfile) > PATH_MAX) - Panic(0, "-L: logfile name too long. (max. %d char)", PATH_MAX); -- -- FILE *w_check; -- if ((w_check = fopen(screenlogfile, "w")) == NULL) -- Panic(0, "-L: logfile name access problem"); -- else -- fclose(w_check); - } - nwin_options.Lflag = 1; - break; --- -2.11.1 - |