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Utempter Directory Traversal Vulnerability
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:979
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.
Family:
unix
Status:
ACCEPTED
Platform(s):
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Class:
vulnerability
Reference(s):
- CVE-2004-0233
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