(mesg: error: tty device is not owned by group `tty')
Published Aug 27, 2007
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.40%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Running on/with
- n/a
Configuration 2
Running on/with
- n/a
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
xterm-0:192-8.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0701
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | xterm-0:192-8.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0701 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00399) | 31.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00399) | 31.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.08% (0.00081) | 21.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 17.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (17)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=349924 x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26562 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27617 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27921 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3066 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-490.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0701.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477469/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477632/100/100/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26710 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-2797 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=239070 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=239070 Issue Tracking
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1396 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2797
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10421 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2797
Change history (0)
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