# CVE-2017-5930: Missing authorization in n/a

> Authenticated domain admins can delete protected aliases due to missing permission checks in PostfixAdmin.

- **Severity:** Low 2.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 20 Mar 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** ALPINE-CVE-2017-5930, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5930, GHSA-xgfq-m22c-vpjj, openSUSE-SU-2024:11182-1

## What is CVE-2017-5930?

CVE-2017-5930 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, published on 20 Mar 2017. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The AliasHandler component in PostfixAdmin before 3.0.2 allows remote authenticated domain admins to delete protected aliases via the delete parameter to delete.php, involving a missing permission check.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5930?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Opensuse Leap, Postfixadmin Project Postfixadmin.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-5930?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2017-5930 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2017-5930 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Postfixadmin Protected Alias Deletion Vulnerability (metasploit)

## Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Leap

- [CVE-2015-4902](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4902/): Oracle Java SE Integrity Check (medium 5.3, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-14804](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-14804/): package builds could use directory traversal to write outside of target area (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2019-20787](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-20787/): Teeworlds before 0.7.4 has an integer overflow when computing a tilemap size. (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-8341](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-8341/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-6438](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-6438/): Other in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-5930 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-5930 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, published on 20 Mar 2017. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2017-5930 exists.

Affected product: Opensuse Leap. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5930/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5930/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5930
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5930
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5930

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5930/
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