VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-0216
CVSS score2.1 LOW
EPSS probability0.31%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-01-16
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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.