CVE-2013-2207

NameCVE-2013-2207
Descriptionpt_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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs717544

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
glibc (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2.19-18+deb8u13fixed
stretch (security)2.24-11+deb9u1fixed
stretch (lts), stretch2.24-11+deb9u6fixed
buster2.28-10+deb10u1fixed
buster (security)2.28-10+deb10u3fixed
bullseye2.31-13+deb11u8fixed
bullseye (security)2.31-13+deb11u10fixed
bookworm2.36-9+deb12u4fixed
bookworm (security)2.36-9+deb12u7fixed
trixie2.38-7fixed
sid2.38-8fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
eglibcsource(unstable)(unfixed)
glibcsourcejessie2.19-18+deb8u4
glibcsource(unstable)2.21-1low717544

Notes

[squeeze] - eglibc <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - eglibc <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
Patch: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=e4608715e6e1dd2adc91982fd151d5ba4f761d69

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