CVE-2008-2936
Postfix before 2.3.15, 2.4 before 2.4.8, 2.5 before 2.5.4, and 2.6 before 2.6-20080814, when the operating system supports hard links to symlinks, allows local users to append e-mail messages to a file to which a root-owned symlink points, by creating a…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.99%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Postfix before 2.3.15, 2.4 before 2.4.8, 2.5 before 2.5.4, and 2.6 before 2.6-20080814, when the operating system supports hard links to symlinks, allows local users to append e-mail messages to a file to which a root-owned symlink points, by creating a hard link to this symlink and then sending a message. NOTE: this can be leveraged to gain privileges if there is a symlink to an init script.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.2 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.99% probability · 61th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- postfix/postfix
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/experimental/postfix-2.6-20080814.HISTORY
- ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.3.15.HISTORY
- ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.4.8.HISTORY
- ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.5.4.HISTORY
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.postfix.announce/110
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31469
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31474
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31477
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31485Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31500Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31530
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32231
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-12.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4160
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0259
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1629
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/938323US Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:171
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0839.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495474/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495632/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495882/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30691Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020700
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2385
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44460
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2689
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10033
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/636-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.