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Status published
Medium
CVE-2011-1496
tmux 1.3 and 1.4 does not properly drop group privileges,...
Vulnerability Description
tmux 1.3 and 1.4 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows local users to gain utmp group privileges via a filename to the -S command-line option.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1015
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44081
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44239
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17147
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058452.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47283
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2212
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0897
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1002
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058548.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058367.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66693
Affected Vendor
nicholas marriott
View all reports →Affected Software
tmux
Vulnerable Versions:
1.3, 1.4
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 18th, 2011
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.