Bug 1618305 (CVE-2007-1716) - CVE-2007-1716 security flaw
Summary: CVE-2007-1716 security flaw
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: CVE-2007-1716
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-08-16 12:56 UTC by Stephen Herr
Modified: 2022-05-16 10:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-08-16 12:56:24 UTC
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Description Stephen Herr 2018-08-16 12:56:19 UTC 
Flaw bug created to hold information about an old flaw we knew something about. For more details see the MITRE CVE description.
Comment 1 Stephen Herr 2018-08-16 16:56:18 UTC 
MITRE description:

pam_console does not properly restore ownership for certain console devices when there are multiple users logged into the console and one user logs out, which might allow local users to gain privileges.
Comment 2 Stephen Herr 2019-06-13 19:32:15 UTC 
Statement:

Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=233581

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.  More information regarding issue severity can be found here:
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
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