CVE-2008-2936

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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
6.2 UNKNOWN
LOCAL
HIGH
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
redhatCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 45%
VendorProductVersion
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2.3.0
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2.3.1
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2.3.2
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2.3.3
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2.3.4
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2.3.5
postfixpostfix
2.3.6
postfixpostfix
2.3.7
postfixpostfix
2.3.8
postfixpostfix
2.3.9
postfixpostfix
2.3.10
postfixpostfix
2.3.11
postfixpostfix
2.3.12
postfixpostfix
2.3.13
postfixpostfix
2.3.14
postfixpostfix
2.4.0
postfixpostfix
2.4.1
postfixpostfix
2.4.2
postfixpostfix
2.4.3
postfixpostfix
2.4.4
postfixpostfix
2.4.5
postfixpostfix
2.4.6
postfixpostfix
2.4.7
postfixpostfix
2.5.0
postfixpostfix
2.5.1
postfixpostfix
2.5.2
postfixpostfix
2.5.3
postfixpostfix
2.6.0
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
postfix
bullseye
3.5.25-0+deb11u1
fixed
bookworm
3.7.11-0+deb12u1
fixed
sid
3.9.0-3
fixed
trixie
3.9.0-3
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
postfix
hardy
Fixed 2.5.1-2ubuntu1.1
released
gutsy
Fixed 2.4.5-3ubuntu1.2
released
feisty
Fixed 2.3.8-2ubuntu0.2
released
dapper
Fixed 2.2.10-1ubuntu0.2
released
Common Weakness Enumeration
References