CVE-2008-5394
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5394
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2008-5394.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2008-5394
- Downstream
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:09:24.618534Z
- Published
- 2008-12-09T00:30:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-01-27T04:09:24.618534Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
/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.
- References
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- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-24.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:062
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-695-1
- http://bugs.debian.org/332198
- http://bugs.debian.org/505071
- http://bugs.debian.org/505271
- http://osvdb.org/52200
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4695
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498769/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32552
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47037
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7313