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Status published
Low
CVE-2004-0233
Utempter allows device names that contain .. (dot dot) directory...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- 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
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-174.html
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.404389
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-05.xml
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10115
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10178
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A979
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-175.html
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
propack, utempter, slackware linux
Vulnerable Versions:
2.4, 3.0, 0.5.2, 0.5.3, 9.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 5th, 2004
Last Modified:
August 8th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.