CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-4977
6.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-11-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• postfix postfix 2.5.2
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/496401 bugs.debian.org
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/postfix Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 www.openwall.com
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 bugs.gentoo.org
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235811 bugs.gentoo.org
- http://bugs.debian.org/496401 bugs.debian.org
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/postfix Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 www.openwall.com
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 bugs.gentoo.org
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235811 bugs.gentoo.org