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HistorySep 21, 2009 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2009-2939

2009-09-2100:00:00
ubuntu.com
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10

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%

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.

Notes

Author Note
jdstrand per Weitse, the symlink attack should not be possible due to defensive programming. A subverted postfix process running as ‘postfix’ could replace the pid file, which master could then send signals to.
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu6.06noarchpostfix< 2.2.10-1ubuntu0.3UNKNOWN
ubuntu8.04noarchpostfix< 2.5.1-2ubuntu1.3UNKNOWN
ubuntu9.10noarchpostfix< 2.6.5-3UNKNOWN
ubuntu10.04noarchpostfix< 2.6.5-3UNKNOWN
ubuntu10.10noarchpostfix< 2.6.5-3UNKNOWN

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%