CVE-2008-1926

NameCVE-2008-1926
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."
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDTSA-126-1
Debian Bugs478135

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
util-linux (PTS)buster2.33.1-0.1fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye2.36.1-8+deb11u1fixed
bookworm2.38.1-5fixed
trixie2.39.3-6fixed
sid2.39.3-11fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
util-linuxsourceetch(not affected)
util-linuxsourcelenny2.13.1-3+lenny1DTSA-126-1
util-linuxsource(unstable)2.13.1.1-1low478135

Notes

[etch] - util-linux <not-affected> (Audit support not available in Etch's version)

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