CVE-2007-2797 (GCVE-0-2007-2797)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-08-27 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 13:49
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=349924 | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3066 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON |
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