CVE-2008-0217 (GCVE-0-2008-0217)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-01-16 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 07:39
VLAI?
Summary
The script program in FreeBSD 5.0 through 7.0-PRERELEASE invokes openpty, which creates a pseudo-terminal with world-readable and world-writable permissions when it is not run as root, which allows local users to read data from the terminal of the user running script.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
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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