Description
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.
Published: 2011-04-18
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2212-1 tmux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-1499 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.
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Nicholas Marriott Tmux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:28:41.659Z

Reserved: 2011-03-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-1496

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-04-18T18:55:01.077

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-1496

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