CVE-2008-5394
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Summary
/bin/login in shadow 4.0.18.1 in Debian GNU/Linux, and probably other Linux distributions, allows local users in the utmp group to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file referenced in a line (aka ut_line) field in a utmp entry.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
- n/a
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- http://osvdb.org/52200
- http://bugs.debian.org/505271
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32552
- http://bugs.debian.org/332198
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47037
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-24.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:062
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498769/100/0/threaded
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7313
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4695
- http://bugs.debian.org/505071
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-695-1
References
- http://osvdb.org/52200
- http://bugs.debian.org/505271
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32552
- http://bugs.debian.org/332198
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47037
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-24.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:062
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498769/100/0/threaded
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7313
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4695
- http://bugs.debian.org/505071
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-695-1
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