CVE-2013-2207

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15755
• http://secunia.com/advisories/55113
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00019.html
• https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2013-08/msg00160.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=976408
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1

References

• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15755
• http://secunia.com/advisories/55113
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00019.html
• https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2013-08/msg00160.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=976408
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1

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