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cpe:2.3:a:debian:shadow:4.0.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

part: a version: 4.0.18.1 update: *

VendorDebian (4199fb5b-36f6-5ceb-83d5-855460345e36)
ProductShadow (85c04f85-f7d5-5211-878e-627ade3d6bc4)
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NotesImported from NVD CPE 2.0 feed

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pkg:github/shadow-maint/shadow purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:17:14.174237

Vulnerability references

IdentifiercpeApplicabilitySubmitteddb.gcve.eu detailsRationale
CVE:CVE-2008-5394 vulnerable 2026-06-08 04:50:51.289230 Details available
/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.
Published: 2008-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2024-08-07T10:49:12.898Z
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Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data

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