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Vulnerability Analysis Result (Revision No : 1) [ Download XML
JVNVU#938323     ( CVE-2008-2936 | DSA-1629-1 | MDVSA-2008:171 | RHSA-2008:0839-3 | SUSE-SA:2008:040 | TLSA-2008-31 | VU#938323 | USN-636-1 )
Postfix local privilege escalation
http://jvn.jp/cert/JVNVU938323/

The Postfix MTA contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability.




About This Analysis Information
Analysis Information Provider:
JPCERT/CC
First Published:
2008-08-19
Source Information Category:
Advisory, Alert
Last Updated:
2008-08-19




Affected Product Tags
lapt:/a:postfix:postfix     (Postfix)
 


Vulnerability Analysis Results
[Information Source Reliability] [?]
Low [?]

Medium [?]
X High [?]

[Impact Level] [?]
Low [?]

X Low-Medium [?]
Medium-High [?]
High [?]

[Access Required] [?]
Physical [?]

X Local [?]
Non-routed [?]
Routed [?]

[Authentication] [?]
Privileged [?]

X Standard [?]
Limited [?]
None or Unnecessary [?]

[User Interaction Required] [?]
Complex [?]

Simple [?]
X None [?]

[Technical Difficulty] [?]
High [?]

Medium-High [?]
X Low-Medium [?]
Low [?]

[Availability of Remediation] [?]
X Official Patch [?]

Official Workaround [?]
Unofficial Patch [?]
None [?]

[Incident Activity] [?]
None [?]

Exploit or PoC [?]
Activity Observed [?]

Alternatives
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) CVE-2008-2936




Debian GNU/Linux DSA-1629-1




Gentoo Linux Postfix: Local privilege escalation vulnerability




Mandriva, Inc MDVSA-2008:171




Postfix Postfix Source Code




Red Hat, Inc. RHSA-2008:0839-3




SUSE Linux SUSE-SA:2008:040




Turbolinux TLSA-2008-31




US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#938323 Postfix local privilege escalation




Ubuntu USN-636-1








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