CVE-2008-2936
First published: Mon Aug 18 2008(Updated: )
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.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Postfix Postfix | =2.5.0 | |
| Postfix Postfix | =2.3.11 | |
| Postfix Postfix | =2.3.6 | |
| Postfix Postfix | =2.3.0 | |
| Postfix Postfix | =2.5.2 | |
| Postfix Postfix | =2.4.0 | |
| Postfix Postfix | =2.3.12 | |
| Postfix Postfix | =2.3.10 | |
| Postfix Postfix | =2.4.5 | |
| Postfix Postfix | =2.3.9 | |
| Postfix Postfix | =2.3.2 | |
| Postfix Postfix | =2.3.7 | |
| Postfix Postfix | =2.3.14 | |
| Postfix Postfix | =2.4.3 | |
| Postfix Postfix | =2.5.3 | |
| Postfix Postfix | =2.6.0 | |
| Postfix Postfix | =2.4.7 | |
| Postfix Postfix | =2.4.2 | |
| Postfix Postfix | =2.3.4 | |
| Postfix Postfix | =2.3.3 | |
| Postfix Postfix | =2.3.1 | |
| Postfix Postfix | =2.5.1 | |
| Postfix Postfix | =2.3.8 | |
| Postfix Postfix | =2.3.5 | |
| Postfix Postfix | =2.4.1 | |
| Postfix Postfix | =2.4.6 | |
| Postfix Postfix | =2.4.4 | |
| Postfix Postfix | =2.3.13 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00002.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30691
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31485
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31500
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/938323
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020700
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-12.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31469
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0839.html
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.postfix.announce/110
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31477
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:171
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1629
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31530
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31474
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2689
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0259
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4160
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32231
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00287.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00271.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2385
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44460
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6337
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10033
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/636-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495882/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495632/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495474/100/0/threaded
- collector/nvd-historical
- collector/nvd-index
- collector/nvd-api
- agent/type
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/author
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/weakness
- agent/references
- agent/severity
- agent/tags
- agent/remedy
- agent/event
- agent/description
- agent/first-publish-date
- vendor/postfix
- canonical/postfix postfix
- version/postfix postfix/2.5.0
- version/postfix postfix/2.3.11
- version/postfix postfix/2.3.6
- version/postfix postfix/2.3.0
- version/postfix postfix/2.5.2
- version/postfix postfix/2.4.0
- version/postfix postfix/2.3.12
- version/postfix postfix/2.3.10
- version/postfix postfix/2.4.5
- version/postfix postfix/2.3.9
- version/postfix postfix/2.3.2
- version/postfix postfix/2.3.7
- version/postfix postfix/2.3.14
- version/postfix postfix/2.4.3
- version/postfix postfix/2.5.3
- version/postfix postfix/2.6.0
- version/postfix postfix/2.4.7
- version/postfix postfix/2.4.2
- version/postfix postfix/2.3.4
- version/postfix postfix/2.3.3
- version/postfix postfix/2.3.1
- version/postfix postfix/2.5.1
- version/postfix postfix/2.3.8
- version/postfix postfix/2.3.5
- version/postfix postfix/2.4.1
- version/postfix postfix/2.4.6
- version/postfix postfix/2.4.4
- version/postfix postfix/2.3.13