CVE-2013-2207

N/A Unknown
Published: October 09, 2013 Modified: April 29, 2026
View on NVD

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55113
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/55113
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=976408
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15755
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2013-08/msg00160.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

20 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
22th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

fedoraproject gnu