CVE-2008-2936 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2008-2936: Postfix before 2.3.15, 2.4 before 2.4.8, 2.5 before 2.5.4, and 2.6 before 2.6-20080814, when the operating system supports hard links to symlinks, allows local users to append e-mail messages to a file to which a root-owned symlink points, by creating a hard link to this symlink and then sending a m

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2008-2936 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

postfix→ fixed in2.5.4-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y postfix
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

postfix→ fixed in2.5.4-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y postfix
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

postfix→ fixed in2.5.4-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y postfix
```

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