| Name | CVE-2007-2797 |
| Description | xterm, including 192-7.el4 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and 208-3.1 in Debian GNU/Linux, sets the wrong group ownership of tty devices, which allows local users to write data to other users' terminals. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| xterm (PTS) | bullseye | 366-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 379-1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 394-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 395-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xterm | source | (unstable) | (not affected) |
- xterm <not-affected> (Debian uses safe compile-time settings)