Published: 24/04/2008 Updated: 13/02/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10

VMScore: 668

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Argument injection vulnerability in login (login-utils/login.c) in util-linux-ng 2.14 and previous versions makes it easier for remote malicious users to hide activities by modifying portions of log events, as demonstrated by appending an "addr=" statement to the login name, aka "audit log injection."

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Synopsis Low: util-linux security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Low Topic An updated util-linux package that fixes one security issue and severalbugs is now availableThis update has been rated as having low security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team Description ...

Debian Bug report logs - #478135 util-linux: CVE-2008-1926 argument injection passed to audit Package: util-linux; Maintainer for util-linux is LaMont Jones <lamont@debianorg>; Source for util-linux is src:util-linux (PTS, buildd, popcon) Reported by: Nico Golde <nion@debianorg> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:12:02 UTC ...

CWE-94 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00624.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28983 http://secunia.com/advisories/29982 http://secunia.com/advisories/30014 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:114 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0981.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022256 http://secunia.com/advisories/35161 http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0143 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1392/references https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41987 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9833 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507854/100/0/threaded http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=login-utils/login.c%3Bh=230121316d953c59e7842c1325f6e9f326a37608%3Bhp=aad27794327c60391b5148b367d2c79338fc6ee4%3Bhb=8ccf0b253ac0f4f58d64bc9674de18bff5a88782%3Bhpb=3a4a13b12a8065b0b5354686d2807cce421a9973 http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8ccf0b253ac0f4f58d64bc9674de18bff5a88782 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0981 https://nvd.nist.gov

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