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CVE-2004-0233
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
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..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Low
- Base Score
- 2.1/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.9/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 2.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- None
- Availability Impact
- None
- Integrity Impact
- Partial
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:utempter:utempter:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:utempter:utempter:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- 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-sec
- 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%3A9
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1