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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2013-2207: GNU C Library: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2013-2207: GNU C Library: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
10/09/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-libs-glibc

References

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