CVE-2005-0023

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-0023
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-10-05 21:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptiongnome-pty-helper in GNOME libzvt2 and libvte4 allows local users to spoof the logon hostname via a modified DISPLAY environment variable. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Libvte4 All All All All
Application Gnome Libzvt2 1.4.2.19 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - GNOME libzvt "gnome-pty-helper" Hostname Spoofing af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
'gnome-pty-helper writes arbitrary utmp records' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Gnome-PTY-Helper UTMP Hostname Spoofing Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
#330907 - [CAN-2005-0023] /usr/sbin/gnome-pty-helper: writes arbitrary utmp records - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Exploit
Bug 317312 – [CAN-2005-0023] gnome-pty-helper writes arbitrary utmp records af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.gnome.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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