UBUNTU-CVE-2013-2207

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2013-2207
Downstream
USN-2985-1
Published: 09 Oct 2013, 00:00
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 09:22

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

09 Oct 2013, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 09:22
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

pt_chown in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.18 does not properly check permissions for tty files, which allows local users to change the permission on the files and obtain access to arbitrary pseudo-terminals by leveraging a FUSE file system.

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•eglibc

    < 2.19-0ubuntu6.8

References (3)