CVE-2008-5394

/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.

Date published : 2008-12-08

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32552

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498769/100/0/threaded