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title: "CVE-2008-1926\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-1926

Publication date 24 April 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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."

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-1926?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| util-linux | 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not affected |
| 7.04 feisty | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-1926?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

this is the CVE-2007-3102 issue from openssh
marking not-affected as we don't use login from the util-linux
package. It's not compiled.

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| util-linux | * Upstream:   <http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git;a=commit;h=8ccf0b253ac0f4f58d64bc9674de18bff5a88782> * Vendor:   <http://git.debian.org/?p=users/lamont/util-linux.git;a=commit;h=ed485e1653dbe297f85e845256082ef13c797942> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1926)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1926)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-1926)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1926)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1926>