Gentoo Linux 200409-32 High Risk: getmail Filesystem Overwrite
gentoo
September 23, 2004
getmail contains a vulnerability that could potentially allow any local user to create or overwrite files in any directory on the system
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200409-32
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: High
Title: getmail: Filesystem overwrite vulnerability
Date: September 23, 2004
Bugs: #64643
ID: 200409-32
Synopsis
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getmail contains a vulnerability that could potentially allow any local
user to create or overwrite files in any directory on the system. This
flaw can be escalated further and possibly lead to a complete system
compromise.
Background
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getmail is a reliable fetchmail replacement that supports Maildir,
Mboxrd and external MDA delivery.
Affected packages
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1 net-mail/getmail < 4.2.0 >= 4.2.0
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