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CVE-2008-0216 Details

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.

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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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28498	CVE
http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:01.pty.asc	CVE	Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39667	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27284	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019191	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28498	[email protected]
http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:01.pty.asc	[email protected]	Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39667	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27284	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019191	[email protected]

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
freebsd freebsd	6.0 6.0 release 6.0 stable 6.1 6.1 release
CPE cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:release:::::: cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:stable:::::: cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.1:release:::::: cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.1:release_p10:::::: cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.1:stable:::::: cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.2:stable:::::: cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0:current:::::: cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0:pre-release:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

freebsd freebsd

6.0

6.0 release

6.0 stable

6.1

6.1 release

CPE

cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.1:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.1:release_p10:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.1:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.2:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0:current:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0:pre-release:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 8, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 16, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]