CVE-2013-2207

Low

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.

SeverityLow

CVSS2.6

Exploit probability—

Product

Gnu Glibc

PublishedOct 9, 2013

First seenOct 9, 2013

How to fix

Vendor advisories

security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
gnu glibc	v ≤ 2.17, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.0.6, 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.1.6, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.9, 2.10.1, 2.11, 2.11.1, 2.11.2, 2.11.3, 2.12.1, 2.12.2, 2.13, 2.14, 2.14.1, 2.15, 2.16	—
fedoraproject fedora	18, 19	—

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