Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-636-1)
🗓️ 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 78 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postfix <= 2.6-20080814 (symlink) Local Privilege Escalation Exploit | 31 Aug 200800:00 | – | zdt | |
| CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : postfix (CESA-2008:0839) | 15 Aug 200800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-1629-2 : postfix - programming error | 19 Aug 200800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 9 : postfix-2.5.5-1.fc9 (2008-8593) | 10 Oct 200800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 8 : postfix-2.5.5-1.fc8 (2008-8595) | 10 Oct 200800:00 | – | nessus | |
| GLSA-200808-12 : Postfix: Local privilege escalation vulnerability | 15 Aug 200800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : postfix (MDVSA-2008:171) | 23 Apr 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| MiracleLinux 3 : postfix-2.3.3-2.9AXS3 (AXSA:2008-88:01) | 14 Jan 202600:00 | – | nessus | |
| NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.06 : postfix Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2025-0220) | 30 Sep 202500:00 | – | nessus | |
| NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.06 (SP) : postfix Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2026-0024) | 6 Mar 202600:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| ubuntu | www.ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-636-1 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840190");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-2936");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-03-23 09:59:50 +0000 (Mon, 23 Mar 2009)");
script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:04+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:04 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.2");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-636-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU(6\.06\ LTS|7\.04|7\.10|8\.04\ LTS)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-636-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-636-1");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'postfix' package(s) announced via the USN-636-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Sebastian Krahmer discovered that Postfix was not correctly handling
mailbox ownership when dealing with Linux's implementation of hardlinking
to symlinks. In certain mail spool configurations, a local attacker
could exploit this to append data to arbitrary files as the root user.
The default Ubuntu configuration was not vulnerable.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'postfix' package(s) on Ubuntu 6.06, Ubuntu 7.04, Ubuntu 7.10, Ubuntu 8.04.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "UBUNTU6.06 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix", ver:"2.2.10-1ubuntu0.2", rls:"UBUNTU6.06 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU7.04") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix", ver:"2.3.8-2ubuntu0.2", rls:"UBUNTU7.04"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU7.10") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix", ver:"2.4.5-3ubuntu1.2", rls:"UBUNTU7.10"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU8.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix", ver:"2.5.1-2ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU8.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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02 Feb 2024 00:00Current
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Vulners AI Score6.6
CVSS 26.2
EPSS0.00993