CVE - CVE-2005-0023

CVE-ID
CVE-2005-0023	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
gnome-pty-helper in GNOME libzvt2 and libvte4 allows local users to spoof the logon hostname via a modified DISPLAY environment variable. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed.
References
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BID:15004 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15004 BUGTRAQ:20051007 gnome-pty-helper writes arbitrary utmp records URL:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112879572407250&w=2 MISC:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=330907 MISC:http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317312 SECUNIA:17023 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/17023 VUPEN:ADV-2005-1931 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1931~~ (Obsolete source) XF:libzvt-gnomeptyhelper-spoof(22496) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22496
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20050105	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20050105)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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