CVE-2008-1926

High

Description

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."

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductUtil-linux
PublishedApr 24, 2008
First seenApr 24, 2008

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux util-linux2.13, 2.13.0.1, 2.13.1, 2.13.1.1, 2.14—

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