CVE-2008-4977

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-4977
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-11-06 15:55:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:02:00 UTC
Description** DISPUTED ** 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."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Postfix Postfix 2.5.2 All All All
Application Postfix Postfix 2.5.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#496401 - please make debug code use safe tempfiles - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org
235811 – mail-mta/postfix: audit wrt insecure temp file usage MISC bugs.gentoo.org
404 Not Found MISC dev.gentoo.org Exploit
235770 – (debian-tempfile) [Tracker] Tempfile issues found in Debian MISC bugs.gentoo.org
oss-security - CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire MLIST www.openwall.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-11-06Tomas HogerNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of postfix as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5. Mentioned script is not part of the official postfix distribution and is not included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux postfix packages.
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