Description
Utempter allows device names that contain .. (dot dot) directory traversal sequences, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on device names in combination with an application that trusts the utmp or wtmp files.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:031 ↗
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1000752.1-1 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15904 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-174.html ↗
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.404389 ↗
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-05.xml ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10115 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10178 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A979 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-175.html ↗