CVE-2007-1716

Summary

CVECVE-2007-1716
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-03-27 22:19:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionpam_console does not properly restore ownership for certain console devices when there are multiple users logged into the console and one user logs out, which might allow local users to gain privileges.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.4 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
Multiple
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
Avaya Products pam Vulnerability and Security Issue - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- VMware Workstation and Player: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
VMware ESX Server Multiple Security Updates - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[Full-Disclosure] Mailing List Charter af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk
SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Gentoo update for vmware - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
230823 – CVE-2007-1716 Ownership of devices not returned to root after logout from console af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat update for pam - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Red Hat update for pam - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
ASA-2007-526 (RHSA-2007-0737) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
osvdb.org/37271 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-04-09Joshua BressersRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=233581 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/

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