openSUSE Security Update : postfix (openSUSE-SU-2011:0476-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 53875

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Remote attackers could potentially exploit a memory corruption issue in postfix' SASL implementation to execute arbitrary code (CVE-2011-1720).

Solution

Update the affected postfix packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 53875

File Name: suse_11_2_postfix-110510.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/12/2011

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postfix, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postfix-mysql, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postfix-postgresql, 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: 5/10/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1720

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