Vulnerability in GNOME Libvte4

CVE-2005-0023

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.

EPSS: 0.009 (55.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Gnome Libvte4
Gnome Libzvt2 — versions 1.4.2.19
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)