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

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75997

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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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=689021

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-05/msg00023.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75997

File Name: suse_11_4_postfix-110510.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, 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: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.4, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postfix, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postfix-mysql, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postfix-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postfix-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postfix-mysql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postfix-postgresql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postfix-debuginfo, 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