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CVE-2008-2937

Date: August 18, 2008

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.

Severity Score

2.9

Related Resources (22)

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31485

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32231

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2937

Url: ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.5.4.HISTORY

Url: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2689

Url: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0259

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495632/100/0/threaded

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31500

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31477

Url: ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/experimental/postfix-2.6-20080814.HISTORY

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30691

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2937

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00002.html

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44461

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0422.html

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-12.xml

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00287.html

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00271.html

Url: http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2385

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:224

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-2937

Severity Score

2.9

Weakness Type (CWE)

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CWE-200

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	2.9
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	1.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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CVE-2008-2937

Date: August 18, 2008

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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