PT-2004-1437 · Mailmgr · Mailmgr

Marco Van Berkum · Published 2004-03-18 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-0283

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mailmgr version 1.2.3

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files /tmp/mailmgr.unsort, /tmp/mailmgr.tmp, or /tmp/mailmgr.sort.

Recommendations For Mailmgr version 1.2.3, consider restricting access to the temporary files /tmp/mailmgr.unsort, /tmp/mailmgr.tmp, and /tmp/mailmgr.sort to prevent a symlink attack until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-0283

Affected Products

Mailmgr

References · 4

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/9654 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0283 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15203 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107665013714517&w=2 · Note