Description
pt_chown in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.18 does not properly check permissions for tty files, which allows local users to change the permission on the files and obtain access to arbitrary pseudo-terminals by leveraging a FUSE file system.
Published: 2013-10-09
Score: 2.6 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-2162 pt_chown in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.18 does not properly check permissions for tty files, which allows local users to change the permission on the files and obtain access to arbitrary pseudo-terminals by leveraging a FUSE file system.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2985-1 GNU C Library vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T15:27:41.090Z

Reserved: 2013-02-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-2207

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-10-09T22:55:02.633

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-2207

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2013-07-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-2207 - Bugzilla

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