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CVE ID:CVE-2008-5394
Description:/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.
Test IDs: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63479   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63272   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63555   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840229  
Cross References: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5394
BugTraq ID: 32552
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32552
Bugtraq: 20081130 /bin/login gives root to group utmp (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498769/100/0/threaded
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7313
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-24.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:062
http://osvdb.org/52200
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4695
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-695-1
XForce ISS Database: debian-login-symlink(47037)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47037




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