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CVE-2004-0881

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2004-10-04	getmail -- symlink vulnerability during maildir delivery

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CVE-2004-0881 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2004-0881
Phase	Assigned(20040921)

Description

getmail 4.x before 4.2.0, and other versions before 3.2.5, when run as root, allows local users to write files in arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on subdirectories in the maildir.

References

Source	Reference
BUGTRAQ	20040919 Local root compromise possible with getmail
CONFIRM	http://www.qcc.ca/~charlesc/software/getmail-4/CHANGELOG
DEBIAN	DSA-553
GENTOO	GLSA-200409-32
XF	getmail-maildir-race-condition(17439)