CVE-2008-0216

medium

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39667

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019191

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27284

http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:01.pty.asc

http://secunia.com/advisories/28498

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-01-16

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00071