oval:org.mitre.oval:def:979

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:979
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:979
Title: Utempter Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Description: 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 Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2004-0233
Version: 1
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
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