CVE-2002-1311 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 4.6 Published Updated

Local attackers can read arbitrary files due to delayed privilege dropping in Courier sqwebmail startup.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2002-1311?

CVE-2002-1311 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Sep 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Courier sqwebmail before 0.40.0 does not quickly drop privileges after startup in certain cases, which could allow local users to read arbitrary files.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1311?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Double Precision Incorporated Courier Mta.

How do I fix CVE-2002-1311?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2002-1311 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1311 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1311, DSA-197, GHSA-j8m5-3p5x-jmxf.

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