CVE catalog

CVE-2011-1496

tmux: CVE-2011-1496

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Medium
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.95% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debiantmuxsid3.8-1fixed
Debiantmuxforky3.7c-1fixed
Debiantmuxtrixie3.5a-3fixed
Debiantmuxbookworm3.3a-3fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debiantmuxsourcesid1.4-6not yet assignedNot reported[620304]
Debiantmuxsourceforky1.4-6not yet assignedNot reported[620304]
Debiantmuxsourcetrixie1.4-6not yet assignedNot reported[620304]
Debiantmuxsourcebookworm1.4-6not yet assignedNot reported[620304]

[Debian bug #620304]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [tmux]Fixed
    Details (4)
    • 3.3a-3 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.4-6

      dsa · tmux · debian · bookworm; dsa · tmux · debian · 12

    • 3.3a-3 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.4-6

      dsa · tmux · debian · bookworm; dsa · tmux · debian · 12

    • 3.5a-2~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.4-6

      dsa · tmux · debian · bookworm; dsa · tmux · debian · 12

    • 3.5a-2~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.4-6

      dsa · tmux · debian · bookworm; dsa · tmux · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [tmux]Fixed
    Details (4)
    • 3.5a-3 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.4-6

      dsa · tmux · debian · 13

    • 3.5a-3 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.4-6

      dsa · tmux · debian · 13

    • 3.6b-1~bpo13+1 · amd64 · trixie-backports

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.4-6

      dsa · tmux · debian · 13

    • 3.6b-1~bpo13+1 · arm64 · trixie-backports

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.4-6

      dsa · tmux · debian · 13

Observed:

References