CVE-2008-0216

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-01-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

FreeBSD: 6.0, 6.0-release, 6.0-stable, 6.1, 6.1-release, 6.1-release_p10 (+7)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/28498
http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:01.pty.asc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27284
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019191
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39667
http://secunia.com/advisories/28498
http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:01.pty.asc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27284
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019191
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39667

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