Mandriva Linux Security Advisory - 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. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:190
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : postfix
Date : September 10, 2008
Affected: 2008.0, 2008.1
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Problem Description:
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.
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3889
http://www.postfix.org/announcements/20080902.html
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Updated Packages:
Mandriva Linux 2008.0:
c0bf5d528d5d41dcd2d20ebdb34d0cda 2008.0/i586/libpostfix1-2.4.5-2.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
fa944c0d7f0cbea926f535d510bf55d1 2008.0/i586/postfix-2.4.5-2.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
198798461aa8d36de69167dabf12e753 2008.0/i586/postfix-ldap-2.4.5-2.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
58655741a221fa54a33566568f3b4b82 2008.0/i586/postfix-mysql-2.4.5-2.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
a38a78d39fe49cfa5dd71ee4f5a8a2bd 2008.0/i586/postfix-pcre-2.4.5-2.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
6d26bd16aaab2333dc84a86b0595b31d 2008.0/i586/postfix-pgsql-2.4.5-2.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
da3f4b0d105461a2c0cc9d0ffdb8afbc 2008.0/SRPMS/postfix-2.4.5-2.2mdv2008.0.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64:
028de47e6f9dd2a18be1afbfbfcc7b35 2008.0/x86_64/lib64postfix1-2.4.5-2.2mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
4e790bb1f1cb14e0eb008e8188c7d7f3 2008.0/x86_64/postfix-2.4.5-2.2mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
a843dc0ab9e22c27f1a83d3dd01139fd 2008.0/x86_64/postfix-ldap-2.4.5-2.2mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
9e50dfda594b6e6c270d001f5c020086 2008.0/x86_64/postfix-mysql-2.4.5-2.2mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
b27f29aa607246fa343244e783080dce 2008.0/x86_64/postfix-pcre-2.4.5-2.2mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
90992c9e66cbfa61adcc8f25af56bad0 2008.0/x86_64/postfix-pgsql-2.4.5-2.2mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
da3f4b0d105461a2c0cc9d0ffdb8afbc 2008.0/SRPMS/postfix-2.4.5-2.2mdv2008.0.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2008.1:
f7e093f905a77ffff051dd1f1719e70c 2008.1/i586/libpostfix1-2.5.1-2.2mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
17806bd3791473f79636f6e96aac3b16 2008.1/i586/postfix-2.5.1-2.2mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
ccbd6e6f134329f298da2e73ee924624 2008.1/i586/postfix-ldap-2.5.1-2.2mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
5e7501b1c226168794559a0c945c51ce 2008.1/i586/postfix-mysql-2.5.1-2.2mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
44482a44ec46d379cc90ec71b8d3da40 2008.1/i586/postfix-pcre-2.5.1-2.2mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
ed1ddf0451d015b1c85d09d438406c04 2008.1/i586/postfix-pgsql-2.5.1-2.2mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
d450d39e8073c6c9f1c9003f6189cf1a 2008.1/SRPMS/postfix-2.5.1-2.2mdv2008.1.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64:
f9a52469d5700428f6a2c606d2846299 2008.1/x86_64/lib64postfix1-2.5.1-2.2mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
5cb84c0ebe53a446efd208da355a9b4b 2008.1/x86_64/postfix-2.5.1-2.2mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
cdc066f4ebcd87b1902d330129ff5a87 2008.1/x86_64/postfix-ldap-2.5.1-2.2mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
4067143e300d124b20d7a24972c4ae22 2008.1/x86_64/postfix-mysql-2.5.1-2.2mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
65a6a8c5206d7a9c45b12557896cba58 2008.1/x86_64/postfix-pcre-2.5.1-2.2mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
b8d9b415787c02698fa29772942a2300 2008.1/x86_64/postfix-pgsql-2.5.1-2.2mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
d450d39e8073c6c9f1c9003f6189cf1a 2008.1/SRPMS/postfix-2.5.1-2.2mdv2008.1.src.rpm
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
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