Description
Dovecot before 1.0.11, when configured to use mail_extra_groups to allow Dovecot to create dotlocks in /var/mail, might allow local users to read sensitive mail files for other users, or modify files or directories that are writable by group, via a symlink attack.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-25.xml ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10739 ↗
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000061.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29557 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489133/100/0/threaded ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30342 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1516 ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/593-1/ ↗
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00381.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28092 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29226 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32151 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29385 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41009 ↗
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00358.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29396 ↗