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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.89% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 59.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-10-05 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 20:57Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-01-05
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 15c7fe77284dd1575676d4591cd42ca3f5ed26c27a11e841083193ed2848d100
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2005-1931http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1931
- marc.info20051007 gnome-pty-helper writes arbitrary utmp recordshttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112879572407250&w=2
- www.securityfocus.com15004http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15004
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlibzvt-gnomeptyhelper-spoof(22496)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22496
- secunia.com17023http://secunia.com/advisories/17023
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=330907
- bugzilla.gnome.orghttp://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317312
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- vte No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- vte No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- vte No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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