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CVE-2007-2797 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=349924 CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=239070 CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/26562 CVEPatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27617 CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27921 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
redhat enterprise linux
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
xterm xterm
192-7.el4
208-3.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:xterm:xterm:192-7.el4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xterm:xterm:208-3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-2797
NVD Published Date:
Aug 27, 2007
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2007-2797 Details - Not Deferred