PT-2002-2979 · Bogofilter · Bogofilter

Published 2002-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2002-2267

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: bogofilter version 0.9.0.4

Description: The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the bogopass temporary file. This is related to the bogopass component in bogofilter.

Recommendations: For bogofilter version 0.9.0.4, consider restricting access to the bogopass temporary file to prevent symlink attacks until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-2267

Affected Products

Bogofilter

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2002-2267 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-2267 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-2267 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/6278 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-2267 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10726 · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-11/0367.html · Note