CVE

CVE-2004-0233

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.

Severity: LOW
CVSS: 2.1
Published: Aug 18, 2004
Modified: Jun 16, 2026

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Distribution	Release	Status	Evidence
Slackware	12.0 x86 install-d1	unknown	source
Slackware	12.0 x86 install-d2	unknown	source
Slackware	12.0 x86 install-d3	unknown	source
Slackware	12.0 x86 install-dvd	unknown	source
Slackware	12.0 x86 source-d4	unknown	source
Slackware	12.0 x86 source-d5	unknown	source
Slackware	12.0 x86 source-d6	unknown	source
Slackware	12.1 x86 install-d1	unknown	source
Slackware	12.1 x86 install-d2	unknown	source
Slackware	12.1 x86 install-d3	unknown	source
Slackware	12.1 x86 install-dvd	unknown	source
Slackware	12.1 x86 source-d4	unknown	source
Slackware	12.1 x86 source-d5	unknown	source
Slackware	12.1 x86 source-d6	unknown	source
Slackware	12.2 x86 install-d1	unknown	source
Slackware	12.2 x86 install-d2	unknown	source
Slackware	12.2 x86 install-d3	unknown	source
Slackware	12.2 x86 install-dvd	unknown	source
Slackware	12.2 x86 source-d4	unknown	source
Slackware	12.2 x86 source-d5	unknown	source
Slackware	12.2 x86 source-d6	unknown	source
Slackware	13.0 x86 install-d1	unknown	source
Slackware	13.0 x86 install-d2	unknown	source
Slackware	13.0 x86 install-d3	unknown	source
Slackware	13.0 x86 install-dvd	unknown	source
Slackware	13.0 x86 source-d4	unknown	source
Slackware	13.0 x86 source-d5	unknown	source
Slackware	13.0 x86 source-d6	unknown	source
Slackware	13.1 x86 install-d1	unknown	source
Slackware	13.1 x86 install-d2	unknown	source
Slackware	13.1 x86 install-d3	unknown	source
Slackware	13.1 x86 install-dvd	unknown	source
Slackware	13.1 x86 source-d4	unknown	source
Slackware	13.1 x86 source-d5	unknown	source
Slackware	13.1 x86 source-d6	unknown	source
Slackware	13.37 x86 install-d1	unknown	source
Slackware	13.37 x86 install-d2	unknown	source
Slackware	13.37 x86 install-d3	unknown	source
Slackware	13.37 x86 install-d4	unknown	source
Slackware	13.37 x86 install-dvd	unknown	source
Slackware	13.37 x86 source-d5	unknown	source
Slackware	13.37 x86 source-d6	unknown	source
Slackware	14.0 x86 install-d1	unknown	source
Slackware	14.0 x86 install-d2	unknown	source
Slackware	14.0 x86 install-d3	unknown	source
Slackware	14.0 x86 install-d4	unknown	source
Slackware	14.0 x86 install-dvd	unknown	source
Slackware	14.0 x86 source-d5	unknown	source
Slackware	14.0 x86 source-d6	unknown	source
Slackware	14.0 x86 source-dvd	unknown	source
Slackware	14.1 x86 install-d1	unknown	source
Slackware	14.1 x86 install-d2	unknown	source
Slackware	14.1 x86 install-d3	unknown	source
Slackware	14.1 x86 install-d4	unknown	source
Slackware	14.1 x86 install-dvd	unknown	source
Slackware	14.1 x86 source-d5	unknown	source
Slackware	14.1 x86 source-d6	unknown	source
Slackware	14.1 x86 source-dvd	unknown	source
Slackware	14.2 x86 install-d1	unknown	source
Slackware	14.2 x86 install-d2	unknown	source
Slackware	14.2 x86 install-d3	unknown	source
Slackware	14.2 x86 install-d4	unknown	source
Slackware	14.2 x86 install-d5	unknown	source
Slackware	14.2 x86 install-dvd	unknown	source
Slackware	14.2 x86 source-d6	unknown	source
Slackware	14.2 x86 source-dvd	unknown	source
Slackware	13.0 x86_64 install-dvd	unknown	source
Slackware	13.1 x86_64 install-dvd	unknown	source
Slackware	13.37 x86_64 install-dvd	unknown	source
Slackware	14.0 x86_64 install-dvd	unknown	source
Slackware	14.1 x86_64 install-dvd	unknown	source
Slackware	14.2 x86_64 install-dvd	unknown	source

CVE-2004-0233

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