ID CVE-2007-2797
Summary xterm, including 192-7.el4 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and 208-3.1 in Debian GNU/Linux, sets the wrong group ownership of tty devices, which allows local users to write data to other users' terminals.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xterm:xterm:192-7.el4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:xterm:xterm:192-7.el4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xterm:xterm:208-3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:xterm:xterm:208-3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 2.1 (as of 16-10-2018 - 16:45)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE NVD-CWE-Other
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
LOCAL LOW NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
NONE PARTIAL NONE
cvss-vector via4 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
oval via4
accepted 2013-04-29T04:05:31.362-04:00
class vulnerability
contributors
  • name Aharon Chernin
    organization SCAP.com, LLC
  • name Dragos Prisaca
    organization G2, Inc.
definition_extensions
  • comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11831
  • comment CentOS Linux 4.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16636
  • comment Oracle Linux 4.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15990
description xterm, including 192-7.el4 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and 208-3.1 in Debian GNU/Linux, sets the wrong group ownership of tty devices, which allows local users to write data to other users' terminals.
family unix
id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10421
status accepted
submitted 2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00
title xterm, including 192-7.el4 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and 208-3.1 in Debian GNU/Linux, sets the wrong group ownership of tty devices, which allows local users to write data to other users' terminals.
version 29
redhat via4
advisories
bugzilla
id 239070
title CVE-2007-2797 Wrong settings for the tty (mesg: error: tty device is not owned by group `tty')
oval
OR
  • comment Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
    oval oval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304026
  • AND
    • comment Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 is installed
      oval oval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304025
    • comment xterm is earlier than 0:192-8.el4
      oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070701001
    • comment xterm is signed with Red Hat master key
      oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070701002
rhsa
id RHSA-2007:0701
released 2007-11-15
severity Low
title RHSA-2007:0701: xterm security update (Low)
rpms
  • xterm-0:192-8.el4
  • xterm-debuginfo-0:192-8.el4
refmap via4
bid 26710
bugtraq
  • 20070823 FLEA-2007-0048-1 xterm
  • 20070823 rPSA-2007-0169-1 xterm
confirm
misc http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=349924
secunia
  • 26562
  • 27617
  • 27921
sreason 3066
Last major update 16-10-2018 - 16:45
Published 27-08-2007 - 17:17
Last modified 16-10-2018 - 16:45
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