CVE-2011-1496

tmux 1.3 and 1.4 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows local users to gain utmp group privileges via a filename to the -S command-line option.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.6 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2011-04-18

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected products

• Tmux (Nicholas Marriott)

References

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058367.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058452.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058548.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/44081
• http://secunia.com/advisories/44239
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2212
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17147
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47283
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0897
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1002
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1015
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66693