PT-2008-6285 · Julian Field · Mailscanner

Published 2008-11-18 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-5140

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MailScanner versions 4.55.10 through 4.74.16-1

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/opr.ini or (2) /tmp/lpt*.zip temporary file.

Recommendations For MailScanner versions 4.55.10 through 4.74.16-1, update to version 4.74.16-1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5140

Affected Products

Mailscanner

References · 8

• http://secunia.com/advisories/33117 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5140 · Security Note
• http://mailscanner.info/ChangeLog · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32376 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46725 · Note
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32730 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506353#44 · Note