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openSUSE 10 Security Update : postfix (postfix-5501)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 33897

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

A (local) privilege escalation vulnerability as well as a mailbox ownership problem has been fixed in postfix. CVE-2008-2936 and CVE-2008-2937 have been assigned to this problem.

Solution

Update the affected postfix packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 33897

File Name: suse_postfix-5501.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/15/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postfix, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postfix-mysql, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postfix-postgresql, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postfix-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2936, CVE-2008-2937

CWE: 200, 264