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FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-08:01.pty.asc)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory FreeBSD-SA-08:01.pty.asc
Insight
Insight
pt_chown is a setuid root support utility used by grantpt(3) to change ownership of a tty. openpty(3) is a support function in libutil which is used to obtain a pseudo-terminal. script(1) is a utility which makes a typescript of everything printed on a terminal. Two issues exist in the FreeBSD pty handling. If openpty(3) is called as non-root user the newly created pseudo-terminal is world readable and writeable. While this is documented to be the case, script(1) still uses openpty(3) and script(1) may be used by non-root users [CVE-2008-0217]. The ptsname(3) function incorrectly extracts two characters from the name of a device node in /dev without verifying that it's actually operating on a valid pty which the calling user owns. pt_chown uses the bad result from ptsname(3) to change ownership of a pty to the user calling pt_chown [CVE-2008-0216].
Solution
Solution
Upgrade your system to the appropriate stable release or security branch dated after the correction date https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FreeBSD-SA-08:01.pty.asc