{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2008-4977", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "** 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.\"" } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "[oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2" }, { "name": "https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770" }, { "name": "http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/postfix", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/postfix" }, { "name": "http://bugs.debian.org/496401", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/496401" }, { "name": "https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235811", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235811" } ] } }