[Full-disclosure] screen 4.0.3 local Authentication Bypass

[Christian "Khark" Lauf]

Hello,

Alexander Klink wrote:

>> 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) ...

So goes here. Debian Etch, Screen version 4.00.03 (FAU) 23-Oct-06.
But maybe it's because I have a password directive in my .screenrc
(You need to enter a password if you want to resume the session via 
screen -r <name>)

Christian
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