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CVE-2008-1926

Argument injection vulnerability in login (login-utils/login.c) in util-linux-ng 2.14 and earlier makes it easier for re

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

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.01774
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
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Affected Products & Versions

1
linux util-linuxall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD24 Apr 2008 · 05:05 AM
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Vendor Advisories

2
rhsaRHBA-2009:0070Low
rhsaRHSA-2009:0981Low
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References & Sources

15
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git
http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git
http://secunia.com/advisories/29982
http://secunia.com/advisories/30014
http://secunia.com/advisories/35161
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0143
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