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CVE-2020-3812

qmail-verify as used in netqmail 1.06 is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability. A local attacker can test for the existence of files and directories anywhere in the filesystem because qmail-verify runs as root and tests for the existence of files in the attacker's home directory, without dropping its privileges first.

Score
5.5 medium
Published
2020-05-26
Links
NVD · cve.org · Report wrong data

Matched ports (1)

PortPackageVersionStatusMaintainer
mail/qmailnetqmail1.06_7unaddressederdgeist@erdgeist.org

Template for a VuXML entry

Range taken from the CVE record, check it before committing. make newentry in security/vuxml creates the vid.

  <vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
    <topic>FIXME -- FIXME</topic>
    <affects>
      <package>
	<name>netqmail</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
    </affects>
    <description>
      <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
	<p>qmail-verify as used in netqmail 1.06 is prone to an information
	disclosure vulnerability. A local attacker can test for the existence
	of files and directories anywhere in the filesystem because
	qmail-verify runs as root and tests for the existence of files in the
	attacker's home directory, without dropping its privileges first.</p>
      </body>
    </description>
    <references>
      <cvename>CVE-2020-3812</cvename>
      <url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3812</url>
    </references>
    <dates>
      <discovery>2020-05-26</discovery>
      <entry>2026-10-26</entry>
    </dates>
  </vuln>