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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : postfix (MDVSA-2008:190)

low Nessus Plugin ID 36736

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability in Postfix 2.4 and later was discovered, when running on Linux kernel 2.6, where a local user could cause a denial of service due to Postfix leaking the epoll file descriptor when executing non-Postfix commands (CVE-2008-3889).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.postfix.org/announcements/20080902.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 36736

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2008-190.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:mandriva:linux:lib64postfix1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpostfix1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postfix, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postfix-ldap, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postfix-mysql, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postfix-pcre, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postfix-pgsql, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/10/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3889

CWE: 20

MDVSA: 2008:190