CVE-2008-1926

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2008-04-21
Bugzilla:
443925: CVE-2008-1926 util-linux: audit log injection via login

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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."

Find out more about CVE-2008-1926 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat is aware of this issue affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-1926

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.

This issue has been addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 with the following update:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0981.html

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 2.6
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (util-linux) RHSA-2009:0981 2009-05-18
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (util-linux) RHBA-2009:0070 2009-01-20

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