Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 18, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-2936
CVE-2008-2936
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.
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Affected products
29cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 28 more
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <2.3.15, <2.4.8, <2.5.4, <2.6-20080814
Patches
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References
33- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30691nvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/31485nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/31500nvdVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/938323nvdUS Government Resource
- ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/experimental/postfix-2.6-20080814.HISTORYnvd
- ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.3.15.HISTORYnvd
- ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.4.8.HISTORYnvd
- ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.5.4.HISTORYnvd
- article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.postfix.announce/110nvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00002.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31469nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31474nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31477nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31530nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/32231nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-12.xmlnvd
- securityreason.com/securityalert/4160nvd
- wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0259nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1629nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0839.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495474/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495632/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495882/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2385nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44460nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2689nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10033nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/636-1/nvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6337nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00271.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00287.htmlnvd
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