mailscanner 4.55.10 and other versions before 4.74.16-1 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on certain temporary files used by the (1) f-prot-autoupdate, (2) clamav-autoupdate, (3) panda-autoupdate.new, (4) trend-autoupdate.new, and (5) rav-autoupdate.new scripts in /etc/MailScanner/autoupdate/, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5140.
The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mailscanner | Mailscanner | 4.55.10 (including) | 4.55.10 (including) |
| Mailscanner | Mailscanner | 4.56.8-1 (including) | 4.56.8-1 (including) |
| Mailscanner | Mailscanner | 4.57.7-1 (including) | 4.57.7-1 (including) |
| Mailscanner | Mailscanner | 4.58.9-1 (including) | 4.58.9-1 (including) |
| Mailscanner | Mailscanner | 4.59.4-2 (including) | 4.59.4-2 (including) |
| Mailscanner | Mailscanner | 4.60.8-1 (including) | 4.60.8-1 (including) |
| Mailscanner | Mailscanner | 4.61.7-2 (including) | 4.61.7-2 (including) |
| Mailscanner | Mailscanner | 4.62.9-3 (including) | 4.62.9-3 (including) |
| Mailscanner | Mailscanner | 4.63.8-1 (including) | 4.63.8-1 (including) |
| Mailscanner | Mailscanner | 4.64.3-2 (including) | 4.64.3-2 (including) |
| Mailscanner | Mailscanner | 4.65.3-1 (including) | 4.65.3-1 (including) |
| Mailscanner | Mailscanner | 4.66.5-3 (including) | 4.66.5-3 (including) |
| Mailscanner | Mailscanner | 4.67.6-1 (including) | 4.67.6-1 (including) |
| Mailscanner | Mailscanner | 4.68.8 (including) | 4.68.8 (including) |
| Mailscanner | Mailscanner | 4.68.8-1 (including) | 4.68.8-1 (including) |
| Mailscanner | Mailscanner | 4.69.9-3 (including) | 4.69.9-3 (including) |
| Mailscanner | Mailscanner | 4.70.7-1 (including) | 4.70.7-1 (including) |
| Mailscanner | Mailscanner | 4.71.10-1 (including) | 4.71.10-1 (including) |
| Mailscanner | Mailscanner | 4.72.5-1 (including) | 4.72.5-1 (including) |
| Mailscanner | Mailscanner | 4.73.4-2 (including) | 4.73.4-2 (including) |
| Mailscanner | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
| Mailscanner | Ubuntu | gutsy | * |
| Mailscanner | Ubuntu | hardy | * |
| Mailscanner | Ubuntu | intrepid | * |
| Mailscanner | Ubuntu | upstream | * |