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CVE-2008-0216

CVE-2008-0216

EPSS 0.3%
The ptsname function in FreeBSD 6.0 through 7.0-PRERELEASE does not properly verify that a certain portion of a device name is associated with a pty of a user who is calling the pt_chown function, which might allow local users to read data from the pty from another user.
Affected products
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References
http://secunia.com/advisories/28498http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:01.pty.aschttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39667http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27284http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019191