Description (CNA)
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 (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
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
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- 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