Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | MDVSA-2008:190 | First vendor Publication | 2008-09-10 |
| Vendor | Mandriva | 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 vulnerability in Postfix 2.4 and later was discovered, when running on Linux kernel 2.6, where a local user could cause a denial of service due to Postfix leaking the epoll file descriptor when executing non-Postfix commands (CVE-2008-3889). The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:190 |
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 11:39:40 |
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