CVE-2008-5312 mailscanner 4.55.10 and other versions before 4.74.16-1 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on certain temporary files used by the (1) f-prot-autoupdate, (2) clam...
MediumCVSS 6.9
EPSS 0.31%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
mailscanner 4.55.10 and other versions before 4.74.16-1 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on certain temporary files used by the (1) f-prot-autoupdate, (2) clamav-autoupdate, (3) panda-autoupdate.new, (4) trend-autoupdate.new, and (5) rav-autoupdate.new scripts in /etc/MailScanner/autoupdate/, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5140.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| mailscanner | = 4.55.10 | No fix listed |
| mailscanner | = 4.56.8-1 | No fix listed |
| mailscanner | = 4.57.7-1 | No fix listed |
| mailscanner | = 4.58.9-1 | No fix listed |
| mailscanner | = 4.59.4-2 | No fix listed |
| mailscanner | = 4.60.8-1 | No fix listed |
| mailscanner | = 4.61.7-2 | No fix listed |
| mailscanner | = 4.62.9-3 | No fix listed |
| mailscanner | = 4.63.8-1 | No fix listed |
| mailscanner | = 4.64.3-2 | No fix listed |
| mailscanner | = 4.65.3-1 | No fix listed |
| mailscanner | = 4.66.5-3 | No fix listed |
| mailscanner | = 4.67.6-1 | No fix listed |
| mailscanner | = 4.68.8 | No fix listed |
| mailscanner | = 4.68.8-1 | No fix listed |
| mailscanner | = 4.69.9-3 | No fix listed |
| mailscanner | = 4.70.7-1 | No fix listed |
| mailscanner | = 4.71.10-1 | No fix listed |
| mailscanner | = 4.72.5-1 | No fix listed |
| mailscanner | = 4.73.4-2 | No fix listed |
References
- bugs.debian.org
- 33117 third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- www.mailscanner.info
- [oss-security] 20081128 CVE id request/update: mailscanner: many scripts allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks mailing-list
- 32557 vdb-entry