CVE-2004-0233
First published: Wed May 05 2004(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| SGI ProPack | =3.0 | |
| Utempter Utempter | =0.5.2 | |
| Utempter Utempter | =0.5.3 | |
| SGI ProPack | =2.4 | |
| Slackware Slackware Linux | =9.1 | |
| Slackware Slackware Linux |
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Reference Links
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10178
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-174.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-175.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-05.xml
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.404389
- 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
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A979
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10115
- collector/nvd-historical
- vendor/sgi
- product/propack
- canonical/sgi propack
- vendor/utempter
- product/utempter
- canonical/utempter utempter
- vendor/slackware
- product/slackware linux
- canonical/slackware slackware linux
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/severity
- agent/weakness
- agent/references
- agent/author
- agent/type
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/remedy
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- version/sgi propack/3.0
- version/utempter utempter/0.5.2
- version/utempter utempter/0.5.3
- version/sgi propack/2.4
- version/slackware slackware linux/9.1