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Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2008-2936

Assigner-redhat

Assigner Org ID-53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749

Published At-18 Aug, 2008 | 19:00

Updated At-07 Aug, 2024 | 09:21

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.

EPSS History

Score

Latest Score

N/A

Percentile

Latest Percentile

N/A

▼Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)

cve.org

Assigner:redhat

Assigner Org ID:53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749

Published At:18 Aug, 2008 | 19:00

Updated At:07 Aug, 2024 | 09:21

▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

Affected Products

Vendor

n/a

Product

n/a

Versions

Affected

Problem Types

Type	CWE ID	Description
text	N/A	n/a

Type: text

CWE ID: N/A

Description: n/a

References

Hyperlink	Resource
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00271.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_FEDORA
ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.3.15.HISTORY	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/32231	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/31469	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA
ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.5.4.HISTORY	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1629	vendor-advisory x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://secunia.com/advisories/31530	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00287.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_FEDORA
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2689	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020700	vdb-entry x_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495632/100/0/threaded	mailing-list x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/938323	third-party-advisory x_refsource_CERT-VN
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.postfix.announce/110	mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4160	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30691	vdb-entry x_refsource_BID
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0259	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00002.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31474	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495882/100/0/threaded	mailing-list x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44460	vdb-entry x_refsource_XF
ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.4.8.HISTORY	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6337	exploit x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0839.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/experimental/postfix-2.6-20080814.HISTORY	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/31500	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10033	vdb-entry signature x_refsource_OVAL
http://secunia.com/advisories/31477	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/31485	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA
https://usn.ubuntu.com/636-1/	vendor-advisory x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:171	vendor-advisory x_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495474/100/0/threaded	mailing-list x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2385	vdb-entry x_refsource_VUPEN
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-12.xml	vendor-advisory x_refsource_GENTOO

Hyperlink: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00271.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_FEDORA

Hyperlink: ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.3.15.HISTORY

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/32231

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/31469

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

Hyperlink: ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.5.4.HISTORY

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Hyperlink: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1629

Resource:

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Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/31530

Resource:

third-party-advisory

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Hyperlink: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00287.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

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Hyperlink: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2689

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Hyperlink: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020700

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_SECTRACK

Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495632/100/0/threaded

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Hyperlink: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/938323

Resource:

third-party-advisory

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Hyperlink: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.postfix.announce/110

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

Hyperlink: http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4160

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SREASON

Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30691

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

Hyperlink: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0259

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Hyperlink: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00002.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/31474

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495882/100/0/threaded

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Hyperlink: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44460

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_XF

Hyperlink: ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.4.8.HISTORY

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Hyperlink: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6337

Resource:

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x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Hyperlink: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0839.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

Hyperlink: ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/experimental/postfix-2.6-20080814.HISTORY

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/31500

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

Hyperlink: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10033

Resource:

vdb-entry

signature

x_refsource_OVAL

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/31477

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/31485

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

Hyperlink: https://usn.ubuntu.com/636-1/

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

Hyperlink: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:171

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_MANDRIVA

Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495474/100/0/threaded

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Hyperlink: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2385

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_VUPEN

Hyperlink: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-12.xml

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_GENTOO

▼Authorized Data Publishers (ADP)

CVE Program Container

References

Hyperlink	Resource
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00271.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_FEDORA x_transferred
ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.3.15.HISTORY	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/32231	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/31469	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred
ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.5.4.HISTORY	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1629	vendor-advisory x_refsource_DEBIAN x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/31530	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00287.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_FEDORA x_transferred
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2689	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020700	vdb-entry x_refsource_SECTRACK x_transferred
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495632/100/0/threaded	mailing-list x_refsource_BUGTRAQ x_transferred
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/938323	third-party-advisory x_refsource_CERT-VN x_transferred
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.postfix.announce/110	mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST x_transferred
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4160	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SREASON x_transferred
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30691	vdb-entry x_refsource_BID x_transferred
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0259	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00002.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_SUSE x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/31474	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495882/100/0/threaded	mailing-list x_refsource_BUGTRAQ x_transferred
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44460	vdb-entry x_refsource_XF x_transferred
ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.4.8.HISTORY	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6337	exploit x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB x_transferred
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0839.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT x_transferred
ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/experimental/postfix-2.6-20080814.HISTORY	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/31500	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10033	vdb-entry signature x_refsource_OVAL x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/31477	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/31485	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred
https://usn.ubuntu.com/636-1/	vendor-advisory x_refsource_UBUNTU x_transferred
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:171	vendor-advisory x_refsource_MANDRIVA x_transferred
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495474/100/0/threaded	mailing-list x_refsource_BUGTRAQ x_transferred
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2385	vdb-entry x_refsource_VUPEN x_transferred
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-12.xml	vendor-advisory x_refsource_GENTOO x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00271.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_FEDORA

x_transferred

Hyperlink: ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.3.15.HISTORY

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/32231

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/31469

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

x_transferred

Hyperlink: ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.5.4.HISTORY

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1629

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_DEBIAN

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/31530

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00287.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_FEDORA

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2689

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020700

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_SECTRACK

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495632/100/0/threaded

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_BUGTRAQ

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/938323

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_CERT-VN

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.postfix.announce/110

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4160

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SREASON

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30691

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0259

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00002.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

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x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/31474

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495882/100/0/threaded

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_BUGTRAQ

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44460

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_XF

x_transferred

Hyperlink: ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.4.8.HISTORY

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6337

Resource:

exploit

x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0839.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

x_transferred

Hyperlink: ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/experimental/postfix-2.6-20080814.HISTORY

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/31500

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10033

Resource:

vdb-entry

signature

x_refsource_OVAL

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/31477

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/31485

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://usn.ubuntu.com/636-1/

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:171

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_MANDRIVA

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495474/100/0/threaded

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_BUGTRAQ

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2385

Resource:

vdb-entry

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x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-12.xml

Resource:

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x_transferred

▼National Vulnerability Database (NVD)

nvd.nist.gov

Source:secalert@redhat.com

Published At:18 Aug, 2008 | 19:41

Updated At:07 Nov, 2023 | 02:02

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	2.0	6.2	MEDIUM	AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Type: Primary

Version: 2.0

Base score: 6.2

Base severity: MEDIUM

Vector:

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CPE Matches

postfix>>postfix>>2.3.0

cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

postfix>>postfix>>2.3.1

cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

postfix>>postfix>>2.3.2

cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

postfix>>postfix>>2.3.3

cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

postfix>>postfix>>2.3.4

cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

postfix>>postfix>>2.3.5

cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

postfix>>postfix>>2.3.6

cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

postfix>>postfix>>2.3.7

cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

postfix>>postfix>>2.3.8

cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

postfix>>postfix>>2.3.9

cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

postfix>>postfix>>2.3.10

cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

postfix>>postfix>>2.3.11

cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

postfix>>postfix>>2.3.12

cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

postfix>>postfix>>2.3.13

cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

postfix>>postfix>>2.3.14

cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

postfix>>postfix>>2.4.0

cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

postfix>>postfix>>2.4.1

cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

postfix>>postfix>>2.4.2

cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

postfix>>postfix>>2.4.3

cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

postfix>>postfix>>2.4.4

cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

postfix>>postfix>>2.4.5

cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

postfix>>postfix>>2.4.6

cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

postfix>>postfix>>2.4.7

cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

postfix>>postfix>>2.5.0

cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

postfix>>postfix>>2.5.1

cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

postfix>>postfix>>2.5.2

cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

postfix>>postfix>>2.5.3

cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

postfix>>postfix>>2.6.0

cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
CWE-264	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

CWE ID: CWE-264

Type: Primary

Source: nvd@nist.gov

Evaluator Description

Please refer to the following links for additional version information (vendor release notes): Postfix 2.3 - ftp://mirrors.loonybin.net/pub/postfix/official/postfix-2.3.15.RELEASE_NOTES Postfix 2.4 - ftp://mirrors.loonybin.net/pub/postfix/official/postfix-2.4.8.RELEASE_NOTES Postfix 2.5 - ftp://mirrors.loonybin.net/pub/postfix/official/postfix-2.5.4.RELEASE_NOTES Postfix 2.6 - ftp://mirrors.loonybin.net/pub/postfix/experimental/postfix-2.6-20080814.RELEASE_NOTES