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Scientific Linux Security Update : postfix on SL6.x i386/x86_64

medium Nessus Plugin ID 61011

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that Postfix did not flush the received SMTP commands buffer after switching to TLS encryption for an SMTP session.
A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to inject SMTP commands into a victim's session during the plain text phase. This would lead to those commands being processed by Postfix after TLS encryption is enabled, possibly allowing the attacker to steal the victim's mail or authentication credentials. (CVE-2011-0411)

After installing this update, the postfix service will be restarted automatically.

Solution

Update the affected postfix and / or postfix-perl-scripts packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ee0bafb1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 61011

File Name: sl_20110406_postfix_on_SL6_x.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/1/2012

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

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: x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/6/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0411