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🗓️ 26 May 2004 07:45:00Reported by RedHatType 
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Utempter accepts device names with directory traversal sequences, enabling local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on utmp or wtmp reliant applications.

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OSOS VersionArchitecturePackagePackage VersionFilename
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxanyi386utempter0.5.5-1.3EL.0utempter-0.5.5-1.3EL.0.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxanyia64utempter0.5.5-1.3EL.0utempter-0.5.5-1.3EL.0.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxanyppcutempter0.5.5-1.3EL.0utempter-0.5.5-1.3EL.0.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxanyppc64utempter0.5.5-1.3EL.0utempter-0.5.5-1.3EL.0.ppc64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxanys390utempter0.5.5-1.3EL.0utempter-0.5.5-1.3EL.0.s390.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxanys390xutempter0.5.5-1.3EL.0utempter-0.5.5-1.3EL.0.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxanyx86_64utempter0.5.5-1.3EL.0utempter-0.5.5-1.3EL.0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxanyi386utempter-debuginfo0.5.5-1.3EL.0utempter-debuginfo-0.5.5-1.3EL.0.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxanyia64utempter-debuginfo0.5.5-1.3EL.0utempter-debuginfo-0.5.5-1.3EL.0.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxanyppcutempter-debuginfo0.5.5-1.3EL.0utempter-debuginfo-0.5.5-1.3EL.0.ppc.rpm
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25 Jun 2026 10:32Current
5.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.9
CVSS 22.1
EPSS0.01095
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