Information disclosure in Postfix - CVE-2008-2937

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Information disclosure in Postfix - CVE-2008-2937

Published: June 8, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU110628
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-2937
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to software delivers to a mailbox file even when this file is not owned by the recipient. A local user can read e-mail messages by creating a mailbox file corresponding to another user's account name.


Affected software

Postfix
Gentoo Linux
mail-mta/postfix

How to mitigate CVE-2008-2937

Install updates from vendor's website.

Postfix - update to 2.5.4
mail-mta/postfix - update to 2.5.3-r1

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