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Multiple security issues in GNU Screen

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414 points st_goliath | 1 comments | 13 May 25 11:28 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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mmsc ◴[13 May 25 12:05 UTC] No.43971967[source]▶
It's surprising that upstream was involved in this. Around 5 years ago, I came to the (sad) conclusion that GNU screen development had completely halted. Is that still not the case?

Does screen have the functionality to add a new window to an existing screen without attaching to the screen yet?

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Trasmatta ◴[13 May 25 12:14 UTC] No.43972042[source]▶
> Due to difficulties in the communication with upstream we do not currently have detailed information about bugfixes and releases published on their end.

It sounds like they requested the security review, but have been difficult to keep in touch with? I'm not sure what the whole story is there.

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1. tecleandor ◴[13 May 25 12:27 UTC] No.43972149[source]▶
Yep, from the timeline it looks like lack of communication (and maybe also capabilities/resources/time/will, not sure) [0]

  0: https://security.opensuse.org/2025/05/12/screen-security-issues.html#8-timeline