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.
Published: 2008-01-16
Score: 2.1 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-0228 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: freebsd

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:39:34.349Z

Reserved: 2008-01-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-0216

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-01-16T02:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-0216

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