CVE-2007-2797

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-08-27 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Xterm: 192-7.el4, 208-3.1

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=349924
http://secunia.com/advisories/26562
http://secunia.com/advisories/27617
http://secunia.com/advisories/27921
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3066
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-490.htm
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0701.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477469/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477632/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26710
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=239070
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1396

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