Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Postfix vulnerabilities |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-642-1 | First vendor Publication | 2008-09-10 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2008-09-10 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 2.1 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 7.10 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 7.10: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Wietse Venema discovered that Postfix leaked internal file descriptors when executing non-Postfix commands. A local attacker could exploit this to cause Postfix to run out of descriptors, leading to a denial of service. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-642-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-20 | Improper Input Validation |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17477 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17477 | ||
| Title: | USN-642-1 -- postfix vulnerabilities | ||
| Description: | Wietse Venema discovered that Postfix leaked internal file descriptors when executing non-Postfix commands. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-642-1 CVE-2008-3889 | Version: | 7 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 7.10 Ubuntu 8.04 | Product(s): | postfix |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
ExploitDB Exploits
| id | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-09-16 | Postfix < 2.4.9, 2.5.5, 2.6-20080902 - (.forward) Local DoS Exploit |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-04-09 | Name : Mandriva Update for postfix MDVSA-2008:190 (postfix) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_190.nasl |
| 2009-03-23 | Name : Ubuntu Update for postfix vulnerabilities USN-642-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_642_1.nasl |
| 2009-02-17 | Name : Fedora Update for postfix FEDORA-2008-8593 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_8593_postfix_fc9.nasl |
| 2009-02-17 | Name : Fedora Update for postfix FEDORA-2008-8595 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_8595_postfix_fc8.nasl |
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200809-09 (postfix) File : nvt/glsa_200809_09.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 48108 | Postfix epoll File Descriptor Leak Local DoS |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-07-21 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_0_postfix-080912.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-04-23 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-190.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-04-23 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-642-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-10-10 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-8593.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-10-10 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-8595.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-10-06 | Name : The remote mail server is vulnerable to a local denial of service attack. File : postfix_epoll_local_DoS.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-09-22 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200809-09.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-09-18 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_postfix-5603.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 12:05:17 |
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