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CVE-2013-2207

Published: Oct 09, 2013 | Modified: Apr 29, 2026
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
2.6 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
2.6 MODERATE
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2207
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
GlibcGnu*2.17 (including)
GlibcGnu2.0 (including)2.0 (including)
GlibcGnu2.0.1 (including)2.0.1 (including)
GlibcGnu2.0.2 (including)2.0.2 (including)
GlibcGnu2.0.3 (including)2.0.3 (including)
GlibcGnu2.0.4 (including)2.0.4 (including)
GlibcGnu2.0.5 (including)2.0.5 (including)
GlibcGnu2.0.6 (including)2.0.6 (including)
GlibcGnu2.1 (including)2.1 (including)
GlibcGnu2.1.1 (including)2.1.1 (including)
GlibcGnu2.1.1.6 (including)2.1.1.6 (including)
GlibcGnu2.1.2 (including)2.1.2 (including)
GlibcGnu2.1.3 (including)2.1.3 (including)
GlibcGnu2.1.9 (including)2.1.9 (including)
GlibcGnu2.10.1 (including)2.10.1 (including)
GlibcGnu2.11 (including)2.11 (including)
GlibcGnu2.11.1 (including)2.11.1 (including)
GlibcGnu2.11.2 (including)2.11.2 (including)
GlibcGnu2.11.3 (including)2.11.3 (including)
GlibcGnu2.12.1 (including)2.12.1 (including)
GlibcGnu2.12.2 (including)2.12.2 (including)
GlibcGnu2.13 (including)2.13 (including)
GlibcGnu2.14 (including)2.14 (including)
GlibcGnu2.14.1 (including)2.14.1 (including)
GlibcGnu2.15 (including)2.15 (including)
GlibcGnu2.16 (including)2.16 (including)
EglibcUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
EglibcUbuntuprecise*
EglibcUbuntutrusty*
EglibcUbuntutrusty/esm*
GlibcUbuntuupstream*
GlibcUbuntuvivid*
GlibcUbuntuvivid/stable-phone-overlay*
GlibcUbuntuvivid/ubuntu-core*
GlibcUbuntuwily*

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