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CVE-2008-0216

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
16/01/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.10 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
2.10
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
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:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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