CVE-2005-0023

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Published Oct 5, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 2.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

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

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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.

Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.894% probability within 30 days)

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

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:57 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Oct 5, 2005, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:57 PM
Reserved: Jan 5, 2005, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:10 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 5, 2005, 9:02 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:10 PM

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