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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 16, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-0216

CVE-2008-0216

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.

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Affected products

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  • FreeBSD/FreeBSD14 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 13 more
    • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 6.0 - 7.0-PRERELEASE

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