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.
References
Configurations
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History
21 Nov 2024, 00:48
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| References | () ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/experimental/postfix-2.6-20080814.HISTORY - | |
| References | () ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.3.15.HISTORY - | |
| References | () ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.4.8.HISTORY - | |
| References | () ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.5.4.HISTORY - | |
| References | () http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.postfix.announce/110 - | |
| References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00002.html - | |
| References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/31469 - | |
| References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/31474 - | |
| References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/31477 - | |
| References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/31485 - Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/31500 - Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/31530 - | |
| References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/32231 - | |
| References | () http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-12.xml - | |
| References | () http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4160 - | |
| References | () http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0259 - | |
| References | () http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1629 - | |
| References | () http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/938323 - US Government Resource | |
| References | () http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:171 - | |
| References | () http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0839.html - | |
| References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495474/100/0/threaded - | |
| References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495632/100/0/threaded - | |
| References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495882/100/0/threaded - | |
| References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30691 - Patch | |
| References | () http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020700 - | |
| References | () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2385 - | |
| References | () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44460 - | |
| References | () https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2689 - | |
| References | () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10033 - | |
| References | () https://usn.ubuntu.com/636-1/ - | |
| References | () https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6337 - | |
| References | () https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00271.html - | |
| References | () https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00287.html - |
07 Nov 2023, 02:02
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Summary | 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. |
Information
Published : 2008-08-18 19:41
Updated : 2024-11-21 00:48
NVD link : CVE-2008-2936
Mitre link : CVE-2008-2936
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-2936
JSON object : View
Products Affected
postfix
- postfix
CWE
CWE-264
Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls