DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2936

Postfix before 2.3.15, 2.4 before 2.4.8, 2.5 before 2.5.4, and 2.6 before 2.6-20080814, when the operating system supports hard links to symlinks, allows local users to append e-mail messages to a file to which a root-owned symlink points, by creating a hard link to this symlink and then sending ...

CVE-2008-2936

Postfix before 2.3.15, 2.4 before 2.4.8, 2.5 before 2.5.4, and 2.6 before 2.6-20080814, when the operating system supports hard links to symlinks, allows local users to append e-mail messages to a file to which a root-owned symlink points, by creating a hard link to this symlink and then sending ...

Postfix local privilege escalation

Overview The Postfix MTA contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Description Postfix is an mail transport agent MTA that is used by several Unix-like operating systems. Symbolic links and hard links are types of files that reference other files. Unlike hard links, symbolic links can...

DSA-1629-1 postfix - privilege escalation

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postfix privilege escalation flaw

Postfix before 2.3.15, 2.4 before 2.4.8, 2.5 before 2.5.4, and 2.6 before 2.6-20080814, when the operating system supports hard links to symlinks, allows local users to append e-mail messages to a file to which a root-owned symlink points, by creating a hard link to this symlink and then sending ...

PT-2008-4373 · Postfix +1 · Postfix +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Postfix versions prior to 2.3.15 Postfix versions 2.4 prior to 2.4.8 Postfix versions 2.5 prior to 2.5.4 Postfix versions 2.6 prior to 2.6-20080814 Description: The issue allows local users to append e-mail messages to a file to which a...

[UNIX] Liblesstif Local Root (Exploit)

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Linux Kernel 2.6.13 <= 2.6.17.4 sys_prctl() Local Root Exploit (2)

No description provided by source. / Linux = 2.6.13 prctl kernel exploit C Julien TINNES If you read the Changelog from 2.6.13 you've probably seen: PATCH setuid core dump This patch mainly adds suidsafe to suiddumpable sysctl but also a new per process, user setable argument to PRSETDUMPABLE. Th...

Linux Kernel 2.6.17.4 sys_prctl() Local Root

/ Linux = 2.6.13 prctl kernel exploit C Julien TINNES If you read the Changelog from 2.6.13 you've probably seen: PATCH setuid core dump This patch mainly adds suidsafe to suiddumpable sysctl but also a new per process, user setable argument to PRSETDUMPABLE. This flaw allows us to create a root...

DSA-836-1 cfengine2 - insecure temporary files

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Weak permissions in Etnus TotalView 5

write access to files and directories owned by root...

sol2.51-6.lockfiles.txt

Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 20:22:38 +0200 From: Joel Eriksson To: [email protected] Subject: License Manager's lockfiles Solaris 2.5.1 License Manager on Solaris 2.5.1 tends to make stupid lockfiles owned by root and mode 666 worldwrite'able. That is not good, since anyone could create rootowned...

Digital UNIX 4.04.0 B4.0 D - SUIDSGID Core File

Digital UNIX 4.04.0 B4.0 D - SUIDSGID Core File source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74/info Digital UNIX 4.0 will follow symlinks while writting core files if two setuid programs dump core in sucession. The core file is owned by root but with the user's groud id. The core file permissions a...