CVE-2008-2936
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-2936 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-08-18 19:41:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2023-11-07 02:02:00 UTC |
| Description | 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-264
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.4.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.4.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.4.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.4.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.4.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.4.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.4.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.4.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.5.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.5.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.5.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.6.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.3.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.4.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.4.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.4.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.4.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.4.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.4.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.4.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.4.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.5.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.5.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.5.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Postfix | Postfix | 2.6.0 | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:171 | Mandriva | MANDRIVA | www.mandriva.com | |
| ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.5.4.HISTORY | CONFIRM | ftp.porcupine.org | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1629-2 postfix | DEBIAN | www.debian.org | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: postfix-2.5.5-1.fc9 | FEDORA | www.redhat.com | |
| [#RPL-2689] postfix privilege escalation CVE-2008-2936 CVE-2008-2937 - rPath Issue Tracking System | CONFIRM | issues.rpath.com | |
| ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.4.8.HISTORY | CONFIRM | ftp.porcupine.org | |
| Postfix <= 2.6-20080814 (symlink) Local Privilege Escalation Exploit | EXPLOIT-DB | www.exploit-db.com | |
| SecurityFocus | BUGTRAQ | www.securityfocus.com | |
| ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.3.15.HISTORY | CONFIRM | ftp.porcupine.org | |
| Fedora update for postfix - Secunia.com | SECUNIA | secunia.com | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | VUPEN | www.vupen.com | |
| Gentoo update for postfix - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | SECUNIA | secunia.com | |
| SUSE update for postfix - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Gmane -- Mail To News And Back Again | MLIST | article.gmane.org | |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | XF | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| CXSecurity - IDS | SREASON | securityreason.com | |
| Postfix Symlink Dereference Bug Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker | SECTRACK | www.securitytracker.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: postfix-2.5.5-1.fc8 | FEDORA | www.redhat.com | |
| USN-636-1: Postfix vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | UBUNTU | usn.ubuntu.com | |
| Advisories:rPSA-2008-0259 - rPath Wiki | CONFIRM | wiki.rpath.com | |
| Debian update for postfix - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | SECUNIA | secunia.com | |
| Red Hat update for postfix - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | SECUNIA | secunia.com | |
| SecurityFocus | BUGTRAQ | www.securityfocus.com | |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: postfix (SUSE-SA:2008:04 | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | |
| US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#938323 | CERT-VN | www.kb.cert.org | US Government Resource |
| Postfix Symlink Handling and Destination Ownership Security Issues - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Repository / Oval Repository | OVAL | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| Postfix: Local privilege escalation vulnerability — Gentoo Linux Documentation | GENTOO | security.gentoo.org | |
| Postfix Local Information Disclosure and Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities | BID | www.securityfocus.com | Patch |
| SecurityFocus | BUGTRAQ | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Ubuntu update for postfix - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | SECUNIA | secunia.com | |
| Support | REDHAT | www.redhat.com | |
| ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/experimental/postfix-2.6-20080814.HIS... | CONFIRM | ftp.porcupine.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
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There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.