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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-1716

Original release date:03/27/2007
Last revised:03/08/2011
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

pam_console does not properly restore ownership for certain console devices when there are multiple users logged into the console and one user logs out, which might allow local users to gain privileges.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:3.4 (LOW) (AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 1.2
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: High
Authentication: Multiple levels required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (04/09/2007)
Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=233581 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=230823
Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=230823
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-3229
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11483
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11483
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 37271
Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/37271
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:0737
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0737.html
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:0555
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0555.html
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:0465
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0465.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-526.htm
Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-526.htm
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200711-23
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28319
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28319
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27706
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27706
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27590
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27590
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26909
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26909
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25894
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25894
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25631
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25631
External Source: FULLDISC
Name: 20070920 VMSA-2007-0006 Critical security updates for all supported versions of VMware ESX Server, VMware Server, VMware Workstation, VMware ACE, and VMware Player
Hyperlink:http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
External Source: SGI
Name: 20070602-01-P
Hyperlink:ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11483
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11483

Vulnerable software and versions

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Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1716