DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5394

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5394
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5394.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5394
Upstream
Published
2008-12-09T00:30:00.517Z
Modified
2025-11-14T03:08:10.034929Z
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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / shadow

Package

Name
shadow
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/shadow?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:4.1.1-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5394.json"

Debian:12 / shadow

Package

Name
shadow
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/shadow?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:4.1.1-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5394.json"

Debian:13 / shadow

Package

Name
shadow
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/shadow?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:4.1.1-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5394.json"

Debian:14 / shadow

Package

Name
shadow
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/shadow?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:4.1.1-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5394.json"