CVE-2008-1926

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1926
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-04-24 05:05:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionArgument 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."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-94 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Linux Util-linux 2.13 All All All
Application Linux Util-linux 2.13.0.1 All All All
Application Linux Util-linux 2.13.1 All All All
Application Linux Util-linux 2.13.1.1 All All All
Application Linux Util-linux 2.14 rc1 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:114 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
util-linux-ng "login" Audit Log Injection Weakness - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
git.kernel.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
Util-linux Input Validation Flaw Lets Remote Users Inject Data into the Log Files - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Advisories:rPSA-2009-0143 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: util-linux-ng-2.13.1-2.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Tuna Patties with a Crunch.. - Bodybuilding Discussion on Bodybuilding.net Bodybuilding Recipes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
util-linux-ng 'login' Remote Log Injection Weakness af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat update for util-linux - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
git.kernel.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git;a=commit;h=8ccf0b253ac0f4f58d64bc9674de18bff5a88782 MITRE git.kernel.org
MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git;a=blobdiff;f=login-utils/login.c;h=230121316d953c59e7842c1325f6e9f326a37608;hp=aad27794327c60391b5148b367d2c79338fc6ee4;hb=8ccf0b253ac0f4f58d64bc9674de18bff5a88782;hpb=3a4a13b12a8065b0b5354686d2807cce421a9973 MITRE git.kernel.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-05-18Mark J CoxRed 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

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