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GLSA-201206-33 : Postfix: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 59706

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201206-33 (Postfix: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 A vulnerability have been discovered in Postfix. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 An attacker could perform a man-in-the-middle attack and inject SMTP commands during the plaintext to TLS session switch or might execute arbitrary code.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Postfix users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-mta/postfix-2.7.4'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201206-33

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 59706

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201206-33.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Published: 6/26/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:postfix

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/25/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0411, CVE-2011-1720

BID: 46767, 47778

GLSA: 201206-33