PT-2005-3545 · Courier Mta · Maildrop

Max Vozeler · Published 2005-08-30 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-2655

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions maildrop versions prior to 1.5.3

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges via command line arguments because lockmail in maildrop does not drop privileges before executing commands.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.5.3, update to version 1.5.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-2655

DSA-791-1

DTSA-11-1

Affected Products

Maildrop

References · 5

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2655 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2655 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-2655 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2655 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2005/dsa-791 · Vendor Advisory