CVE-2004-0880

Description

getmail 4.x before 4.2.0, when run as root, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an mbox file.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109571883130372&w=2
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-32.xml
• http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-553
• http://www.qcc.ca/~charlesc/software/getmail-4/CHANGELOG
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17437
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109571883130372&w=2