oss-security - CVE id request/update: mailscanner: many scripts allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks

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Date:  Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:20:54 -0600
From:  Raphael Geissert <atomo64+debian@...il.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject:  CVE id request/update: mailscanner: many scripts allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks

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Hello,

A week ago I reported some more issues in mailscanner other than those mentioned
in CVE-2008-5140 at [1], but it looks like the mail copy sent to bugtraq was
never really delivered or got rejected.

Could the current CVE id be updated or a new one assigned please?

Thanks in advance.

[1] http://bugs.debian.org/506353

Regards,
- -- 
Raphael Geissert - Debian Maintainer
www.debian.org - get.debian.net

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