CVE-2008-4977

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-4977
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-11-06 15:55:52 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionpostfix_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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Postfix Postfix 2.5.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#496401 - please make debug code use safe tempfiles - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
oss-security - CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
235770 – (debian-tempfile) [Tracker] Tempfile issues found in Debian af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dev.gentoo.org Exploit
235811 – mail-mta/postfix: audit wrt insecure temp file usage af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
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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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