CVE-2007-2797

N/A Unknown
Published: August 27, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

xterm, 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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=349924
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/26562
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27617
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/27921
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3066
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-490.htm
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0701.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477469/100/0/threaded
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477632/100/100/threaded
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26710
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=239070
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1396
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10421
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=349924
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/26562
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27617
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/27921
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3066
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-490.htm
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0701.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477469/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477632/100/100/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26710
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=239070
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1396
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10421
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

26 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.4%
32th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

debian xterm redhat