opendkim — security advisory
The test suite in libopendkim in OpenDKIM through 2.10.3 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack against the /tmp/testkeys file (related to t-testdata.h, t-setup.c, and t-cleanup.c). NOTE: this is applicable to persons who choose to engage in the "A number of self-test programs are included here for unit-testing the library" situation.
- Products
- opendkim
- Affected versions
- 2.11.0~beta2-8, 2.11.0~beta2-8+deb12u1, 2.11.0~beta2-9, 2.11.0~beta2-9.1, 2.11.0~beta2-9.2
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-35766
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 12:39 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The test suite in libopendkim in OpenDKIM through 2.10.3 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack against the /tmp/testkeys file (related to t-testdata.h, t-setup.c, and t-cleanup.c). NOTE: this is applicable to persons who choose to engage in the "A number of self-test programs are included here for unit-testing the library" situation.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35766
opendkim
Fixed versions: Not specified
opendkim
Fixed versions: Not specified
opendkim
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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