CVE-2007-2873 (GCVE-0-2007-2873)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-06-11 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 13:57
VLAI?
Summary
SpamAssassin 3.1.x, 3.2.0, and 3.2.1 before 20070611, when running as root in unusual configurations using vpopmail or virtual users, allows local users to cause a denial of service (corrupt arbitrary files) via a symlink attack on a file that is used by spamd.
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