CVE-2008-0216 Information

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.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/28498 http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:01.pty.asc http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27284 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019191 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39667