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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-0217
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2008-0217

Description:
The script program in FreeBSD 5.0 through 7.0-PRERELEASE invokes openpty, which creates a pseudo-terminal with world-readable and world-writable permissions when it is not run as root, which allows local users to read data from the terminal of the user running script.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/39665

ST
  1019191

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA28498

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

BID
  27284


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