CVE-2007-2797 (GCVE-0-2007-2797)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2007-08-27 17:00
Modified
2024-08-07 13:49
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
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
secalert@redhat.com http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=349924
secalert@redhat.com http://secunia.com/advisories/26562 Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://secunia.com/advisories/27617
secalert@redhat.com http://secunia.com/advisories/27921
secalert@redhat.com http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3066
secalert@redhat.com http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-490.htm
secalert@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0701.html
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477469/100/0/threaded
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477632/100/100/threaded
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26710
secalert@redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=239070
secalert@redhat.com https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1396
secalert@redhat.com https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10421
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=349924
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/26562 Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/27617
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/27921
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3066
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1396
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