CVE-2008-0216

Published Jan 16, 2008

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description
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.
Source
secteam@freebsd.org
NVD status
Modified

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
2.1
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-264

Configurations