CVE-2008-5394
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-12-09 00:00
Modified
2024-08-07 10:49
Severity ?
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/332198
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/505071
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/505271
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/52200
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-24.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/4695
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:062
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498769/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32552
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-695-1
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47037
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7313
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/332198
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/505071
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/505271
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/52200
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-24.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4695
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:062
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498769/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32552
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-695-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47037
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7313
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