cve-2009-2939
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-09-21 19:00
Modified
2024-08-07 06:07
Severity ?
Summary
The postfix.postinst script in the Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu postfix 2.5.5 package grants the postfix user write access to /var/spool/postfix/pid, which might allow local users to conduct symlink attacks that overwrite arbitrary files.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2233
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/18/6Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2233
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/18/6Exploit
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