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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.1
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade postfix | Dec 1, 2016 | Aug 18, 2008 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade postfix | Jul 30, 2024 | Aug 18, 2008 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade mail-mta/postfix. | Oct 30, 2017 | Aug 18, 2008 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade postfix-pflogsummUpgrade postfix | Oct 16, 2024 | Aug 18, 2008 |
| Postfix | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Postfix | Jul 3, 2014 | Aug 18, 2008 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade suse-releaseUpgrade postfix-postgresqlUpgrade postfixUpgrade postfix-develUpgrade postfix-mysql | Feb 17, 2015 | Aug 18, 2008 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade postfix | Nov 8, 2024 | Aug 18, 2008 |
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