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Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Change History

http://bugs.debian.org/496401

http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/postfix

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235811

MITRE disputed

** DISPUTED **  postfix_groups.pl in Postfix 2.5.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/postfix_groups.stdout, (2) /tmp/postfix_groups.stderr, and (3) /tmp/postfix_groups.message temporary files.  NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating "This is not a real issue ... users would have to edit a script under /usr/lib to enable it."

postfix_groups.pl in Postfix 2.5.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/postfix_groups.stdout, (2) /tmp/postfix_groups.stderr, and (3) /tmp/postfix_groups.message temporary files.  NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating "This is not a real issue ... users would have to edit a script under /usr/lib to enable it.