CVE-2008-5394
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 9, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 8, 2008
Description
/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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 52200vdb-entry
- http://bugs.debian.org/505271
- 32552vdb-entry
- http://bugs.debian.org/332198
- debian-login-symlink(47037)vdb-entry
- GLSA-200903-24vendor-advisory
- MDVSA-2009:062vendor-advisory
- 20081130 /bin/login gives root to group utmpmailing-list
- 7313exploit
- 4695third-party-advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/505071
- USN-695-1vendor-advisory
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