CVE-2011-1496

N/A Unknown

Published: April 18, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

tmux 1.3 and 1.4 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows local users to gain utmp group privileges via a filename to the -S command-line option.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058367.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058452.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058548.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/44081

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/44239

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2212

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17147

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Exploit

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47283

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0897

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1002

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1015

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66693

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058367.html