{"id":"CVE-2008-2936","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:39:56.262562Z","published":"2008-08-18T19:41:00Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31469"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31474"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31477"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31485"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31500"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31530"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32231"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-12.xml"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1629"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:171"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2385"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30691"},{"type":"WEB","url":"ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/experimental/postfix-2.6-20080814.HISTORY"},{"type":"WEB","url":"ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.3.15.HISTORY"},{"type":"WEB","url":"ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.4.8.HISTORY"},{"type":"WEB","url":"ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.5.4.HISTORY"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.postfix.announce/110"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00002.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4160"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0259"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/938323"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0839.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495474/100/0/threaded"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495632/100/0/threaded"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495882/100/0/threaded"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020700"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44460"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2689"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10033"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/636-1/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6337"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00271.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00287.html"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}