CVE-2008-2937
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Postfix 2.5 before 2.5.4 and 2.6 before 2.6-20080814 delivers to a mailbox file even when this file is not owned by the recipient, which allows local users to read e-mail messages by creating a mailbox file corresponding to another user's account name.
Find out more about CVE-2008-2937 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (postfix) | RHSA-2011:0422 | 2011-04-06 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (postfix) | RHSA-2011:0422 | 2011-04-06 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | postfix | Not affected |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Sebastian Krahmer of the SuSE Security Team for reporting this issue.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation