CVE-2020-3812 (GCVE-0-2020-3812)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-05-26 13:04 – Updated: 2024-09-16 16:39
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Summary
qmail-verify as used in netqmail 1.06 is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability. A local attacker can test for the existence of files and directories anywhere in the filesystem because qmail-verify runs as root and tests for the existence of files in the attacker's home directory, without dropping its privileges first.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CWE
- information disclosure
Assigner
References
5 references
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|---|---|
| https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://bugs.debian.org/961060 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4692 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4556-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
Impacted products
Date Public
2020-05-19 00:00
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