CVE-2007-0823

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-0823
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-02-07 20:28:00 UTC
Updated2008-11-15 06:42:00 UTC
Descriptionxterm on Slackware Linux 10.2 stores information that had been displayed for a different user account using the same xterm process, which might allow local users to bypass file permissions and read other users' files, or obtain other sensitive information, by reading the xterm process memory. NOTE: it could be argued that this is an expected consequence of multiple users sharing the same interactive process, in which case this is not a vulnerability.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 10.2 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 10.2 All All All

References

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33651 OSVDB osvdb.org
20070201 umount crash and xterm (kind of) information leak! FULLDISC archives.neohapsis.com
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Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-02-09Mark J CoxRed Hat does not consider this issue to be a security vulnerability. It is correct and expected behavior for xterm not to zero-fill its scrollback buffer upon reception of terminal clear excape sequence.
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