CVE-2005-0023

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-10-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

gnome-pty-helper in GNOME libzvt2 and libvte4 allows local users to spoof the logon hostname via a modified DISPLAY environment variable. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed.

Affected products

GNOME Libvte4: all versions
GNOME Libzvt2: 1.4.2.19

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=330907
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317312
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112879572407250&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/17023
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15004
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1931
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22496
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=330907
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317312
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112879572407250&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/17023
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15004

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