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CVE-2008-0216
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…
Low2.1EPSS 0.31%
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- freebsd
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.31% · top 76% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 28498 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1019191 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- freebsd-ptsname-information-disclosure(39667) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 27284 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FreeBSD-SA-08:01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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