suse · CVE-2004-0233

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Priority: medium Published: 2021-05-30 12:29:57 UTC Updated: 2026-04-18 20:49:16 UTC

View at Official suse advisory, NVD, CVE.org · CVE detail

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Tracker summary

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.

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.

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