Vulnerability CVE-2007-2797

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2007-2797 (CCN-36491)

Assigned:

2006-12-19

Published:

2006-12-19

Updated:

2018-10-16

Summary:

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.

CVSS v3 Severity:

5.9 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Low Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

2.1 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
1.8 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:H/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): None

4.6 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
4.0 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:H/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-Other

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Privileges

References:

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=349924

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2007-2797

Source: CCN
Type: xterm Web site
TERM - Terminal emulator for the X Window System

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2007-0701
Low: xterm security update

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
26562

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
27617

Source: CCN
Type: SA27921
Avaya Products Xterm Security Bypass Security Issue

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
27921

Source: SREASON
Type: UNKNOWN
3066

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-490.htm

Source: CCN
Type: ASA-2007-490
Xterm security update (RHSA-2007-0701)

Source: REDHAT
Type: UNKNOWN
RHSA-2007:0701

Source: BUGTRAQ
Type: UNKNOWN
20070823 rPSA-2007-0169-1 xterm

Source: BUGTRAQ
Type: UNKNOWN
20070823 FLEA-2007-0048-1 xterm

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
26710

Source: CCN
Type: BID-26710
xterm Psuedo Terminal Insecure Permissions Local Insecure Permission Weakness

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=239070

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 239070
CVE-2007-2797 Wrong settings for the tty (mesg: error: tty device is not owned by group `tty')

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
xterm-tty-privilege-escalation(36491)

Source: CCN
Type: RPL-1396
xterm excessive device permissions CVE-2007-2797

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1396

Source: OVAL
Type: UNKNOWN
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10421

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

AND

cpe:/a:xterm:xterm:192-7.el4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2:

cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

AND

cpe:/a:xterm:xterm:208-3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration RedHat 1:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration RedHat 2:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4::as:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration RedHat 3:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration RedHat 4:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4::es:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration RedHat 5:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4::ws:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10421	V	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.	2013-04-29
oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20070701	P	RHSA-2007:0701: xterm security update (Low)	2007-11-15

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