| Name | CVE-2008-2937 |
| Description | Postfix 2.5 before 2.5.4 and 2.6 before 2.6-20080814 delivers to a mailbox file even when this file is not owned by the recipient, which allows local users to read e-mail messages by creating a mailbox file corresponding to another user's account name. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| postfix (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.11.3-1+deb8u3 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 3.1.15-0+deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 3.4.23-0+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 3.5.25-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.7.11-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.9.0-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| postfix | source | (unstable) | 2.5.4-1 | low | | |
Notes
[etch] - postfix <no-dsa> (minor issue)