RHEL 4 / 5 : postfix (RHSA-2011:0422)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 53310

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for postfix.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 / 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:0422 advisory.

- postfix improper mailbox permissions (CVE-2008-2937)

- postfix: SMTP commands injection during plaintext to TLS session switch (CVE-2011-0411)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL postfix package based on the guidance in RHSA-2011:0422.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?2c044604

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456347

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=674814

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0422

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 53310

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-0422.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/7/2011

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-0411

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postfix, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postfix-pflogsumm, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/6/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/18/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2937, CVE-2011-0411

RHSA: 2011:0422