CVE-2013-2207
N/A
Published: October 9, 2013 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:52 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraGlibc
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (10)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00019.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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