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CVE-2009-2939
Published: Sep 21, 2009
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[oss-security] 20090918 Insecure pid directory permissions for postfix on Debian / Ubuntu
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