VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2007-2797
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.
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.40%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 33th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- xterm/xterm
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=349924
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26562Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27617
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27921
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3066
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-490.htm
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0701.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477469/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477632/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26710
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=239070
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1396
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10421
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=349924
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26562Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27617
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27921
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3066
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-490.htm
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0701.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477469/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477632/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26710
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=239070
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1396
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10421
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.