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GHSA-5848-87GF-WVQV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 02:40 – Updated: 2022-05-14 02:40

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/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.

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CVE-2008-5394 (GCVE-0-2008-5394)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-12-09 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:49

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

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	http://bugs.debian.org/505271	x_refsource_CONFIRM
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	http://bugs.debian.org/332198	x_refsource_CONFIRM
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	http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4695	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
	http://bugs.debian.org/505071	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-695-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU

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CVE-2008-5394 (GCVE-0-2008-5394)

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