| 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 |
| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| ubuntu | www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-636-1/ |
###############################################################################
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_ubuntu_USN_636_1.nasl 7969 2017-12-01 09:23:16Z santu $
#
# Ubuntu Update for postfix vulnerability USN-636-1
#
# Authors:
# System Generated Check
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
###############################################################################
include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_insight = "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.";
tag_summary = "Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-636-1";
tag_affected = "postfix vulnerability on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS ,
Ubuntu 7.04 ,
Ubuntu 7.10 ,
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS";
tag_solution = "Please Install the Updated Packages.";
if(description)
{
script_xref(name: "URL" , value: "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-636-1/");
script_id(840190);
script_version("$Revision: 7969 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-12-01 10:23:16 +0100 (Fri, 01 Dec 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-03-23 10:59:50 +0100 (Mon, 23 Mar 2009)");
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_xref(name: "USN", value: "636-1");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-2936");
script_name( "Ubuntu Update for postfix vulnerability USN-636-1");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = get_kb_item("ssh/login/release");
res = "";
if(release == NULL){
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU6.06 LTS")
{
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix-ldap", ver:"2.2.10-1ubuntu0.2", rls:"UBUNTU6.06 LTS")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix-mysql", ver:"2.2.10-1ubuntu0.2", rls:"UBUNTU6.06 LTS")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix-pcre", ver:"2.2.10-1ubuntu0.2", rls:"UBUNTU6.06 LTS")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix-pgsql", ver:"2.2.10-1ubuntu0.2", rls:"UBUNTU6.06 LTS")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix", ver:"2.2.10-1ubuntu0.2", rls:"UBUNTU6.06 LTS")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix-dev", ver:"2.2.10-1ubuntu0.2", rls:"UBUNTU6.06 LTS")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix-doc", ver:"2.2.10-1ubuntu0.2", rls:"UBUNTU6.06 LTS")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU7.04")
{
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix-cdb", ver:"2.3.8-2ubuntu0.2", rls:"UBUNTU7.04")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix-ldap", ver:"2.3.8-2ubuntu0.2", rls:"UBUNTU7.04")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix-mysql", ver:"2.3.8-2ubuntu0.2", rls:"UBUNTU7.04")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix-pcre", ver:"2.3.8-2ubuntu0.2", rls:"UBUNTU7.04")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix-pgsql", ver:"2.3.8-2ubuntu0.2", rls:"UBUNTU7.04")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix", ver:"2.3.8-2ubuntu0.2", rls:"UBUNTU7.04")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix-dev", ver:"2.3.8-2ubuntu0.2", rls:"UBUNTU7.04")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix-doc", ver:"2.3.8-2ubuntu0.2", rls:"UBUNTU7.04")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU8.04 LTS")
{
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix-cdb", ver:"2.5.1-2ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU8.04 LTS")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix-ldap", ver:"2.5.1-2ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU8.04 LTS")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix-mysql", ver:"2.5.1-2ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU8.04 LTS")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix-pcre", ver:"2.5.1-2ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU8.04 LTS")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix-pgsql", ver:"2.5.1-2ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU8.04 LTS")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix", ver:"2.5.1-2ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU8.04 LTS")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix-dev", ver:"2.5.1-2ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU8.04 LTS")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix-doc", ver:"2.5.1-2ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU8.04 LTS")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU7.10")
{
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix-cdb", ver:"2.4.5-3ubuntu1.2", rls:"UBUNTU7.10")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix-ldap", ver:"2.4.5-3ubuntu1.2", rls:"UBUNTU7.10")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix-mysql", ver:"2.4.5-3ubuntu1.2", rls:"UBUNTU7.10")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix-pcre", ver:"2.4.5-3ubuntu1.2", rls:"UBUNTU7.10")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix-pgsql", ver:"2.4.5-3ubuntu1.2", rls:"UBUNTU7.10")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix", ver:"2.4.5-3ubuntu1.2", rls:"UBUNTU7.10")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix-dev", ver:"2.4.5-3ubuntu1.2", rls:"UBUNTU7.10")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"postfix-doc", ver:"2.4.5-3ubuntu1.2", rls:"UBUNTU7.10")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
exit(0);
}
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