CVE-2008-2936
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2936
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2008-2936.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2008-2936
- Downstream
- Published
- 2008-08-18T19:41:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:27Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/31469
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31474
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31477
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31485
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31500
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31530
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32231
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-12.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1629
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:171
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2385
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30691
- ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/experimental/postfix-2.6-20080814.HISTORY
- ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.3.15.HISTORY
- ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.4.8.HISTORY
- ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.5.4.HISTORY
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.postfix.announce/110
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00002.html
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4160
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0259
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/938323
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0839.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495474/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495632/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495882/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020700
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44460
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2689
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10033
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/636-1/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6337
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00271.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00287.html