[Full-disclosure] screen 4.0.3 local Authentication Bypass

[Alexander Klink]

Hi,

On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 05:36:31AM +0200, rembrandt at jpberlin.de wrote:
> It has been tested on OpenBSD 4.1 + screen 4.0.3 on x86.
> 
> How to reproduce:
> 
> Lock screen using ctrl+x
I guess you mean Ctrl+a+x?

> Choose a Password
> Confirm the Password
> 
> Screen asks for a Password to unlock the screen.
> Just press ctrl+c and it displays "Getpass error".
> 2 seconds later the screen is unlocked and you`ve access.
I can't reproduce this on either Mac OS X (screen 4.00.03) or
Debian (screen 4.00.02) ...

Regards,
    Alex