PT-2013-3597 · Gnu+3 · Glibc+3
Martin Carpenter
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Published
2013-10-09
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Updated
2024-06-15
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CVE-2013-2207
CVSS v2.0
2.6
Low
| Vector | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
glibc versions prior to 2.18
Description
The issue concerns a problem with
pt chown in the GNU C Library, where it does not properly check permissions for tty files. This allows local users to change the permission on the files and obtain access to arbitrary pseudo-terminals by leveraging a FUSE file system.Recommendations
For versions prior to 2.18, update to version 2.18 or later to resolve the issue.
Exploit
Fix
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Suse
Ubuntu
Glibc