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CVE-2008-2936

nvd nist
Published: Aug 18, 2008Modified: Apr 23, 2026

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6.2
Vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Exploitability: 1.9 / Impact: 10.0
Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (28)

Products: Postfix: Postfix
1 product
Postfix
Configuration A
28 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Postfix
Version 2.3.0
Version 2.3.10
Version 2.3.11
Version 2.3.12
Version 2.3.13
Version 2.3.14
Version 2.3.1
Version 2.3.2
Version 2.3.3
Version 2.3.4
Version 2.3.5
Version 2.3.6
Version 2.3.7
Version 2.3.8
Version 2.3.9
Version 2.4.0
Version 2.4.1
Version 2.4.2
Version 2.4.3
Version 2.4.4
Version 2.4.5
Version 2.4.6
Version 2.4.7
Version 2.5.0
Version 2.5.1
Version 2.5.2
Version 2.5.3
Version 2.6.0

Related CWEs

References (66)

ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/experimental/postfix-2.6-20080814.HISTORY (unsafe URL)
Source: secalert@redhat.com
ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.3.15.HISTORY (unsafe URL)
Source: secalert@redhat.com
ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.4.8.HISTORY (unsafe URL)
Source: secalert@redhat.com
ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.5.4.HISTORY (unsafe URL)
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
US Government Resource
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/experimental/postfix-2.6-20080814.HISTORY (unsafe URL)
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.3.15.HISTORY (unsafe URL)
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.4.8.HISTORY (unsafe URL)
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.5.4.HISTORY (unsafe URL)
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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