FKIE_CVE-2008-5313

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-12-03 17:30 - Updated: 2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
mailscanner 4.68.8 and other versions before 4.74.16-1 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on certain temporary files used by the (1) f-prot-autoupdate, (2) clamav-autoupdate, (3) avast-autoupdate, and (4) f-prot-6-autoupdate scripts in /etc/MailScanner/autoupdate/; the (5) bitdefender-wrapper, (6) kaspersky-wrapper, (7) clamav-wrapper, and (8) rav-wrapper scripts in /etc/MailScanner/wrapper/; the (9) Quarantine.pm, (10) TNEF.pm, (11) MessageBatch.pm, (12) WorkArea.pm, and (13) SA.pm scripts in /usr/share/MailScanner/MailScanner/; (14) /usr/sbin/MailScanner; and (15) scripts that load the /etc/MailScanner/mailscanner.conf.with.mcp configuration file.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506353#44
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/33117Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mailscanner.info/ChangeLog
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/29/1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32557
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506353#44
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/33117Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mailscanner.info/ChangeLog
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/29/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32557
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mailscanner mailscanner 4.68.8
mailscanner mailscanner 4.68.8-1
mailscanner mailscanner 4.69.9-3
mailscanner mailscanner 4.70.7-1
mailscanner mailscanner 4.71.10-1
mailscanner mailscanner 4.72.5-1
mailscanner mailscanner 4.73.4-2
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      "value": "mailscanner 4.68.8 and other versions before 4.74.16-1 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on certain temporary files used by the (1) f-prot-autoupdate, (2) clamav-autoupdate, (3) avast-autoupdate, and (4) f-prot-6-autoupdate scripts in /etc/MailScanner/autoupdate/; the (5) bitdefender-wrapper, (6) kaspersky-wrapper, (7) clamav-wrapper, and (8) rav-wrapper scripts in /etc/MailScanner/wrapper/; the (9) Quarantine.pm, (10) TNEF.pm, (11) MessageBatch.pm, (12) WorkArea.pm, and (13) SA.pm scripts in /usr/share/MailScanner/MailScanner/; (14) /usr/sbin/MailScanner; and (15) scripts that load the /etc/MailScanner/mailscanner.conf.with.mcp configuration file."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Mailscanner versi\u00f3n 4.68.8 y otras versiones anteriores a 4.74.16-1, podr\u00eda permitir a los usuarios locales sobrescribir archivos arbitrarios por medio de un ataque symlink en ciertos archivos temporales utilizados por los scripts (1) f-prot-autoupdate, (2) clamav-autoupdate, (3) avast-autoupdate, y (4) f-prot-6-autoupdate en /etc/MailScanner/autoupdate/; los scripts (5) bitdefender-wrapper, (6) kaspersky-wrapper, (7) clamav-wrapper y (8) rav-wrapper en /etc/MailScanner/wrapper/; los scripts (9) Quarantine.pm, (10) TNEF.pm, (11) MessageBatch.pm, (12) WorkArea.pm y (13) SA.pm en /usr/share/MailScanner/MailScanner/; (14) /usr/sbin/MailScanner; y (15) scripts que cargan el archivo de configuraci\u00f3n /etc/MailScanner/mailscanner.conf.with.mcp."
    }
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  "id": "CVE-2008-5313",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490",
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          "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
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