CVE-2007-2797
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
xterm, including 192-7.el4 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and 208-3.1 in Debian GNU/Linux, sets the wrong group ownership of tty devices, which allows local users to write data to other users' terminals.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- EPSS score
- 0.4% (34th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-2789)
- Published
- August 27, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-2789 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / debian linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- xterm / xterm
- xterm / xterm
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=349924
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26562(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27617
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27921
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3066
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-490.htm
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0701.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477469/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477632/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26710
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=239070
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1396
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10421
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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