openSUSE 10 Security Update : postfix (postfix-5603)

low Nessus Plugin ID 34240

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

When exectuting external programs postfix didn't close the file descriptor of the epoll system call. This could potentially be exploited to shutdown postfix (CVE-2008-3889).

Solution

Update the affected postfix packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 34240

File Name: suse_postfix-5603.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/18/2008

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: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postfix, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postfix-mysql, 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

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3889

CWE: 20

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