The postfix.postinst script in the Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu postfix 2.5.5 package grants the postfix user write access to /var/spool/postfix/pid, which might allow local users to conduct symlink attacks that overwrite arbitrary files.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-09-21T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:07:37.330Z

Reserved: 2009-08-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2009-2939

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-09-21T19:30:00.390

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:06:06.637

Link: CVE-2009-2939

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