Missing Authorization in postfixadmin - CVE-2017-5930

 

Missing Authorization in postfixadmin - CVE-2017-5930

Published: August 3, 2020 / Updated: August 4, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32995
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5930
CWE-ID: CWE-862
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to bypass authorization process.

The AliasHandler component in PostfixAdmin before 3.0.2 allows remote authenticated domain admins to delete protected aliases via the delete parameter to delete.php, involving a missing permission check.


Affected software

postfixadmin
postfixadmin (Alpine package)
HP OpenView Network Node Manager

How to mitigate CVE-2017-5930

Install updates from vendor's website.

postfixadmin - update to 3.0.2
postfixadmin (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 2.92-r1, 3.0.2-r0

Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

External References

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