CVE-2008-1926

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-04-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

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."

Affected products

Linux util-linux: 2.13, 2.13.0.1, 2.13.1, 2.13.1.1, 2.14-rc1

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=login-utils/login.c%3Bh=230121316d953c59e7842c1325f6e9f326a37608%3Bhp=aad27794327c60391b5148b367d2c79338fc6ee4%3Bhb=8ccf0b253ac0f4f58d64bc9674de18bff5a88782%3Bhpb=3a4a13b12a8065b0b5354686d2807cce421a9973
http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8ccf0b253ac0f4f58d64bc9674de18bff5a88782
http://secunia.com/advisories/29982
http://secunia.com/advisories/30014
http://secunia.com/advisories/35161
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0143
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:114
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0981.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507854/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28983
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022256
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1392/references

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