CVE-2007-2797

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-2797
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-08-27 17:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionxterm, 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.

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
Operating System Debian Debian Linux All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux All All All All
Application Xterm Xterm 192-7.el4 All All All
Application Xterm Xterm 208-3.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#349924 - Wrong Permissions on tty - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
ASA-2007-490 (RHSA-2007-0701) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
239070 – (CVE-2007-2797) CVE-2007-2797 Wrong settings for the tty (mesg: error: tty device is not owned by group `tty') af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Avaya Products Xterm Security Bypass Security Issue - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
xterm Psuedo Terminal Insecure Permissions Local Insecure Permission Weakness af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1396 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat update for xterm - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
rPath update for xterm - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
xterm Local User Deterministic Unauthorized Access - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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