CVE catalog
CVE-2007-2797
xterm: CVE-2007-2797
- Severity
- Low
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.40% · Oct 25, 2026
xterm, including 192-7.el4 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and 208-3.1 in Debian GNU/Linux, sets the wrong group ownership of tty devices, which allows local users to write data to other users' terminals.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | xterm | sid | 412-1 | not affected |
| Debian | xterm | forky | 412-1 | not affected |
| Debian | xterm | trixie | 398-1 | not affected |
| Debian | xterm | bookworm | 379-1 | not affected |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | xterm | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | xterm | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | xterm | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | xterm | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [xterm]Not affected
Details (2)
379-1· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · xterm · debian · bookworm
379-1· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · xterm · debian · bookworm
Observed: