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    CVE-2007-2797

    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.

    Published:Dec 19, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Aug 27, 2007
    EPSS Score:0.00097
    CVSS Score:2.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Xterm
    Product
    Xterm

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    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
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10421
    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
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10421

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
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    Low
    High