CVE-2005-0023

medium

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22496

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1931

http://secunia.com/advisories/17023

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112879572407250&w=2

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317312

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-10-05

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium