CVE-2006-3159

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-3159
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-06-22 22:06:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-20 01:32:00 UTC
Descriptionpipe_master in Sun ONE/iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.16 (built May 14 2003) allows local users to read portions of restricted files via a symlink attack on msg.conf in a directory identified by the CONFIGROOT environment variable, which returns the first line of the file in an error message.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sun Iplanet Messaging Server 5.2 All All All
Application Sun Iplanet Messaging Server 5.2 All All All
Application Sun One Messaging Server 5.2 All All All
Application Sun One Messaging Server 5.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Sun ONE/iPlanet Messaging Server 'msg.conf' Symlink Flaw Lets Local Users View Files SECTRACK securitytracker.com
#102496: Security Vulnerability May Allow a Local Unprivileged User to Partially Read Arbitrary Files SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
iPlanet/Sun Java Messaging Server Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
[Full-disclosure] Sun iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 root password compromise FULLDISC lists.grok.org.uk
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - [Duplicate Entry] Sun Java System Messaging Server May Disclose Portions of Files to Local Users SECTRACK securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Sun Java System Messaging Server Arbitrary File Disclosure - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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