CVE-2009-2939

2009-09-2119:30:00

Debian Security Bug Tracker

security-tracker.debian.org

6.9 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

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

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.2%

JSON

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.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Debian12allpostfix< 2.6.5-3postfix_2.6.5-3_all.deb
Debian11allpostfix< 2.6.5-3postfix_2.6.5-3_all.deb
Debian10allpostfix< 2.6.5-3postfix_2.6.5-3_all.deb
Debian999allpostfix< 2.6.5-3postfix_2.6.5-3_all.deb
Debian13allpostfix< 2.6.5-3postfix_2.6.5-3_all.deb

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
Debian	12	all	postfix	< 2.6.5-3	postfix_2.6.5-3_all.deb
Debian	11	all	postfix	< 2.6.5-3	postfix_2.6.5-3_all.deb
Debian	10	all	postfix	< 2.6.5-3	postfix_2.6.5-3_all.deb
Debian	999	all	postfix	< 2.6.5-3	postfix_2.6.5-3_all.deb
Debian	13	all	postfix	< 2.6.5-3	postfix_2.6.5-3_all.deb