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CVE-2008-0216

LOW CVSS: 2.1 Published: 2008-01-16 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Freebsd Freebsd

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References