CVE-2005-0023 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2005-10-05

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:libvte4::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:libzvt2:1.4.2.19:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-0024	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00221.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=330907
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317312
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112879572407250&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/17023
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15004
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1931
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22496

History

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Subscriptions

Gnome Libvte4 Libzvt2

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-10-05T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:57:41.080Z

Reserved: 2005-01-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-0023

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-10-05T21:02:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-0023

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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