mailscanner 4.68.8 and other versions before 4.74.16-1 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on certain temporary files used by the (1) f-prot-autoupdate, (2) clamav-autoupdate, (3) avast-autoupdate, and (4) f-prot-6-autoupdate scripts in /etc/MailScanner/autoupdate/; the (5) bitdefender-wrapper, (6) kaspersky-wrapper, (7) clamav-wrapper, and (8) rav-wrapper scripts in /etc/MailScanner/wrapper/; the (9) Quarantine.pm, (10) TNEF.pm, (11) MessageBatch.pm, (12) WorkArea.pm, and (13) SA.pm scripts in /usr/share/MailScanner/MailScanner/; (14) /usr/sbin/MailScanner; and (15) scripts that load the /etc/MailScanner/mailscanner.conf.with.mcp configuration file.
References
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
21 Nov 2024, 00:53
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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References | () http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506353#44 - | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/33117 - Vendor Advisory | |
References | () http://www.mailscanner.info/ChangeLog - | |
References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/29/1 - | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32557 - |
Information
Published : 2008-12-03 17:30
Updated : 2024-11-21 00:53
NVD link : CVE-2008-5313
Mitre link : CVE-2008-5313
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-5313
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Products Affected
mailscanner
- mailscanner
CWE
CWE-59
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')