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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-0216
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2008-0216

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.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/39667

ST
  1019191

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA28498

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

BID
  27284


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