CVE-2008-1926

Name	CVE-2008-1926
Description	Argument 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."
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DTSA-126-1
Debian Bugs	478135

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
util-linux (PTS)	bullseye (security), bullseye	2.36.1-8+deb11u2	fixed
	bookworm	2.38.1-5+deb12u2	fixed
	bookworm (security)	2.38.1-5+deb12u1	fixed
	sid, trixie	2.40.2-12	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
util-linux	source	etch	(not affected)
util-linux	source	lenny	2.13.1-3+lenny1		DTSA-126-1
util-linux	source	(unstable)	2.13.1.1-1	low		478135

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