CVE-2004-0233 Information

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.

Reference

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-05.xml http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1000752.1-1 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:031 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-174.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-175.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10178 http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.404389 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15904 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10115 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A979