CVE-2008-0216 (GCVE-0-2008-0216)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-01-16 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 07:39
VLAI?
Summary
The ptsname function in FreeBSD 6.0 through 7.0-PRERELEASE does not properly verify that a certain portion of a device name is associated with a pty of a user who is calling the pt_chown function, which might allow local users to read data from the pty from another user.
Severity ?
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CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://secunia.com/advisories/28498 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019191 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27284 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
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