getmail 4.x before 4.2.0, and other versions before 3.2.5, when run as root, allows local users to write files in arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on subdirectories in the maildir.Referenceshttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109571883130372&w=2http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-553http://www.qcc.ca/~charlesc/software/getmail-4/CHANGELOGhttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-32.xmlhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17439
