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CVE-2004-0881 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109571883130372&w=2 CVE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-32.xml CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17439 CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-553 CVE
http://www.qcc.ca/~charlesc/software/getmail-4/CHANGELOG CVE

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
getmail getmail
2.3.7
3.x
4.0
4.0.0_b10
4.0.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:getmail:getmail:2.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:getmail:getmail:3.x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:getmail:getmail:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:getmail:getmail:4.0.0_b10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:getmail:getmail:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:getmail:getmail:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:getmail:getmail:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:getmail:getmail:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:getmail:getmail:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:getmail:getmail:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:getmail:getmail:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:getmail:getmail:4.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:getmail:getmail:4.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:getmail:getmail:4.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:getmail:getmail:4.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:getmail:getmail:4.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:getmail:getmail:4.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:getmail:getmail:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:getmail:getmail:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:getmail:getmail:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:getmail:getmail:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:getmail:getmail:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:getmail:getmail:4.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
gentoo linux
1.4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
slackware slackware linux
9.1
10.0
current

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:current:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2004-0881
NVD Published Date:
Jan 27, 2005
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2004-0881 Details - Not Deferred