PT-2008-4374 · Postfix+1 · Postfix+1

Published 2008-08-18 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-2937

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

1.9

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Postfix versions 2.5 through 2.5.3 Postfix versions 2.6 through 2.6-20080813

Description The issue allows local users to read e-mail messages by creating a mailbox file corresponding to another user's account name, because Postfix delivers to a mailbox file even when this file is not owned by the recipient.

Recommendations For Postfix versions 2.5 through 2.5.3, update to version 2.5.4 or later. For Postfix versions 2.6 through 2.6-20080813, update to version 2.6-20080814 or later.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2937

RHSA-2011:0422

RHSA-2011_0422

Affected Products

Postfix

Red Hat

References · 27

• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0422.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-12.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2937 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00271.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:224 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31485 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2937 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30691 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31500 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00287.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2937 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-2937 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2385 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2937 · Note