--- title: "CVE-2007-2797\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-2797?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2007-2797 Publication date 27 August 2007 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description xterm, including 192-7.el4 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and 208-3.1 in Debian GNU/Linux, sets the wrong group ownership of tty devices, which allows local users to write data to other users' terminals. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | xterm | 7.04 feisty | Not affected | | 6.10 edgy | Not affected | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2797) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2797) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-2797) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-2797) ### Other references *