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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : postfix (MDVSA-2008:171)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 37883

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Sebastian Krahmer of the SUSE Security Team discovered a flaw in the way Postfix dereferenced symbolic links. If a local user had write access to a mail spool directory without a root mailbox file, it could be possible for them to append arbitrary data to files that root had write permissions to (CVE-2008-2936).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 37883

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2008-171.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64postfix1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpostfix1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postfix, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postfix-ldap, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postfix-mysql, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postfix-pcre, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postfix-pgsql, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007.1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/15/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2936

BID: 30691

CWE: 264

MDVSA: 2008:171