Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 27, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2007-2797
CVE-2007-2797
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.
Affected products
2Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
13- secunia.com/advisories/26562nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27617nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27921nvd
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3066nvd
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-490.htmnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0701.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477469/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477632/100/100/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26710nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1396nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10421nvd
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