PT-2008-3453 · Util Linux Ng+1 · Util-Linux-Ng+1

Published 2008-04-23 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2008-1926

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions util-linux-ng versions 2.14 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to modify log events, making it easier to hide activities. This is achieved by injecting arguments into the login process, demonstrated by appending an "addr=" statement to the login name.

Recommendations For util-linux-ng versions 2.14 and earlier, update to a version later than 2.14 to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1926

DTSA-126-1

RHSA-2009:0981

RHSA-2009_0981

Affected Products

Red Hat

Util-Linux-Ng

References · 22

• 🔥 http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git;a=blobdiff;f=login-utils/login.c;h=230121316d953c59e7842c1325f6e9f326a37608;hp=aad27794327c60391b5148b367d2c79338fc6ee4;hb=8ccf0b253ac0f4f58d64bc9674de18bff5a88782;hpb=3a4a13b12a8065b0b5354686d2807cce421a9973 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1926 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-1926 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1926 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1926 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:114 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00624.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0981.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9833 · Note
• 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 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1022256 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0981 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29982 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1392/references · Note
• http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0143 · Note