fkie_cve-2008-1926
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2008-04-24 05:05
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
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."
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | util-linux | 2.13 | |
| linux | util-linux | 2.13.0.1 | |
| linux | util-linux | 2.13.1 | |
| linux | util-linux | 2.13.1.1 | |
| linux | util-linux | 2.14 |
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