CVE-2008-1926
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-04-23 17:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-04-23
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ba2a68496fd87a582ddf2250021a976aa8bf945e38211a067a3c03f8557dae03
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com30014http://secunia.com/advisories/30014
- secunia.com29982http://secunia.com/advisories/29982
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8ccf0b253ac0f4f58d64bc9674de18bff5a88782
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0143
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=login-utils/login.c%3Bh=230121316d953c59e7842c1325f6e9f326a37608%3Bhp=aad27794327c60391b5148b367d2c79338fc6ee4%3Bhb=8ccf0b253ac0f4f58d64bc9674de18bff5a88782%3Bhpb=3a4a13b12a8065b0b5354686d2807cce421a9973
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1392http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1392/references
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comutillinuxng-login-data-manipulation(41987)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41987
- www.securitytracker.com1022256http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022256
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:114http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:114
- www.securityfocus.com20091112 rPSA-2009-0143-1 util-linux util-linux-extrashttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507854/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com28983http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28983
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9833https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9833
- secunia.com35161http://secunia.com/advisories/35161
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-3419https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00624.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:0981http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0981.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- util-linux Fixed in 2.13.1.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- util-linux Fixed in 2.13.1.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- util-linux Fixed in 2.13.1.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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