fkie_cve-2009-2939
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2009-09-21 19:30
Modified
2024-11-21 01:06
Severity ?
Summary
The postfix.postinst script in the Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu postfix 2.5.5 package grants the postfix user write access to /var/spool/postfix/pid, which might allow local users to conduct symlink attacks that overwrite arbitrary files.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| postfix | postfix | 2.5.5 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 6.06 | |
| ubuntu | ubuntu_linux | 4.0 |
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},
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"value": "El script postfix.postinst en el paquete postfix v2.5.5 de Debian GNU/Linux y Ubuntu permite acceso de escritura al usuario postfix en /var/spool/postfix/pid, permitiendo a usuarios locales dirigir ataques de enlaces simb\u00f3licos que sobrescriban ficheros de su elecci\u00f3n."
}
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"id": "CVE-2009-2939",
"lastModified": "2024-11-21T01:06:06.637",
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"published": "2009-09-21T19:30:00.390",
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}
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