CVE-2008-1926
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 3.9%EU EUVD
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."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 3.9% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1926)
- Published
- April 24, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1926 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / util-linux
- linux / util-linux
- linux / util-linux
- linux / util-linux
- linux / util-linux
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
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41987
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9833
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00624.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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