Spoofing Logon Hostname via Modified DISPLAY Environment Variable in GNOME libzvt2 and libvte4

Spoofing Logon Hostname via Modified DISPLAY Environment Variable in GNOME libzvt2 and libvte4

CVE-2005-0023 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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.

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