Access Restriction Bypass Affecting eglibc package, versions <2.15-0ubuntu10.14


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-EGLIBC-282779
  • published9 Oct 2013
  • disclosed9 Oct 2013

Introduced: 9 Oct 2013

CVE-2013-2207  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:12.04 eglibc to version 2.15-0ubuntu10.14 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream eglibc package and not the eglibc package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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