FKIE_CVE-2007-2797
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-08-27 17:17 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:40
Severity
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
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | enterprise_linux | * | |
| xterm | xterm | 192-7.el4 | |
| debian | debian_linux | * | |
| xterm | xterm | 208-3.1 |
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