CVE-2008-2936
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264
Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
18/08/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025
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.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
6.20
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- 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/31485
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31500
- 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/938323
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008%3A171
- 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/30691
- 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/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6337
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00271.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00287.html
- 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/31485
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31500
- 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/938323
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008%3A171
- 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/30691
- 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/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6337
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00271.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00287.html