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NVD Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2008-4977

Modified

Source-cve@mitre.org

Published At-06 Nov, 2008 | 15:55

Updated At-17 May, 2024 | 00:40

postfix_groups.pl in Postfix 2.5.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/postfix_groups.stdout, (2) /tmp/postfix_groups.stderr, and (3) /tmp/postfix_groups.message temporary files. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating "This is not a real issue ... users would have to edit a script under /usr/lib to enable it.

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	2.0	6.9	MEDIUM	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Type: Primary

Version: 2.0

Base score: 6.9

Base severity: MEDIUM

Vector:

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

CPE Matches

postfix>>postfix>>2.5.2

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

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
CWE-59	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

CWE ID: CWE-59

Type: Primary

Source: nvd@nist.gov

Vendor Statements

Organization : Red Hat

Last Modified : 2008-11-06T00:00:00

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of postfix as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5. Mentioned script is not part of the official postfix distribution and is not included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux postfix packages.

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
http://bugs.debian.org/496401	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/postfix	cve@mitre.org	Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2	cve@mitre.org	N/A
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770	cve@mitre.org	N/A
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235811	cve@mitre.org	N/A