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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 18, 2004· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2004-0233

CVE-2004-0233

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.

Affected products

6
  • Sgi/Propack2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Utempter/Utempter2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:utempter:utempter:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:utempter:utempter:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:utempter:utempter:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Slackware/Slackware Linux2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

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