Information disclosure in Postfix - CVE-2008-2937
Published: June 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110628
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-2937
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Postfix.org
Affected software:
Postfix
Postfix
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2008-2937
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/experimental/postfix-2.6-20080814.HISTORY
- ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.5.4.HISTORY
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31477
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31485
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31500
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32231
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-12.xml
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0259
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:224
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0422.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495632/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30691
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2385
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44461
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2689
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00271.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00287.html