{ "data_version": "4.0", "data_type": "CVE", "data_format": "MITRE", "CVE_data_meta": { "ID": "CVE-2008-2936", "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "vendor_name": "n/a", "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_affected": "=", "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] } } ] } }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "url": "ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/experimental/postfix-2.6-20080814.HISTORY", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/experimental/postfix-2.6-20080814.HISTORY" }, { "url": "ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.3.15.HISTORY", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.3.15.HISTORY" }, { "url": "ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.4.8.HISTORY", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.4.8.HISTORY" }, { "url": "ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.5.4.HISTORY", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.5.4.HISTORY" }, { "url": "http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.postfix.announce/110", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.postfix.announce/110" }, { "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00002.html", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00002.html" }, { "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/31469", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://secunia.com/advisories/31469" }, { "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/31474", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://secunia.com/advisories/31474" }, { "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/31477", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://secunia.com/advisories/31477" }, { "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/31485", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://secunia.com/advisories/31485" }, { "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/31500", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://secunia.com/advisories/31500" }, { "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/31530", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://secunia.com/advisories/31530" }, { "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32231", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32231" }, { "url": "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-12.xml", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-12.xml" }, { "url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4160", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4160" }, { "url": "http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0259", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0259" }, { "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1629", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1629" }, { "url": "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/938323", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/938323" }, { "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:171", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:171" }, { "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0839.html", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0839.html" }, { "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495474/100/0/threaded", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495474/100/0/threaded" }, { "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495632/100/0/threaded", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495632/100/0/threaded" }, { "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495882/100/0/threaded", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495882/100/0/threaded" }, { "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30691", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30691" }, { "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020700", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020700" }, { "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2385", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2385" }, { "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44460", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44460" }, { "url": "https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2689", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2689" }, { "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10033", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10033" }, { "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/636-1/", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/636-1/" }, { "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6337", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6337" }, { "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00271.html", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00271.html" }, { "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00287.html", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00287.html" } ] } }