CVE-2008-2937
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-2937 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-08-18 19:41:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | Postfix 2.5 before 2.5.4 and 2.6 before 2.6-20080814 delivers to a mailbox file even when this file is not owned by the recipient, which allows local users to read e-mail messages by creating a mailbox file corresponding to another user's account name. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
LocalAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
NoneAvailability
NoneAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advisories:rPSA-2008-0259 - rPath Wiki | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | wiki.rpath.com | |
| Postfix Symlink Handling and Destination Ownership Security Issues - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.5.4.HISTORY | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | ftp.porcupine.org | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: postfix-2.5.5-1.fc9 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: postfix-2.5.5-1.fc8 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Postfix: Local privilege escalation vulnerability — Gentoo Linux Documentation | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: postfix (SUSE-SA:2008:04 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| SUSE update for postfix - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:224 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| [#RPL-2689] postfix privilege escalation CVE-2008-2936 CVE-2008-2937 - rPath Issue Tracking System | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | issues.rpath.com | |
| Gentoo update for postfix - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/experimental/postfix-2.6-20080814.HIS... | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | ftp.porcupine.org | |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| Fedora update for postfix - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Postfix Local Information Disclosure and Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Patch |
| Juniper Networks - 2015-10 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple Vulnerabilities in CTPView | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | kb.juniper.net | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2008-08-19 | Joshua Bressers | Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=456347 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.