{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2008-5394", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "/bin/login in shadow 4.0.18.1 in Debian GNU/Linux, and probably other Linux distributions, allows local users in the utmp group to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file referenced in a line (aka ut_line) field in a utmp entry." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "52200", "refsource": "OSVDB", "url": "http://osvdb.org/52200" }, { "name": "http://bugs.debian.org/505271", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/505271" }, { "name": "32552", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32552" }, { "name": "http://bugs.debian.org/332198", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/332198" }, { "name": "debian-login-symlink(47037)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47037" }, { "name": "GLSA-200903-24", "refsource": "GENTOO", "url": "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-24.xml" }, { "name": "MDVSA-2009:062", "refsource": "MANDRIVA", "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:062" }, { "name": "20081130 /bin/login gives root to group utmp", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498769/100/0/threaded" }, { "name": "7313", "refsource": "EXPLOIT-DB", "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7313" }, { "name": "4695", "refsource": "SREASON", "url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4695" }, { "name": "http://bugs.debian.org/505071", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/505071" }, { "name": "USN-695-1", "refsource": "UBUNTU", "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-695-1" } ] } }