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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 200809-9

Posted Sep 20, 2008

Authored by Gentoo | Site security.gentoo.org

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200809-09 - A memory leak in Postfix might allow local users to cause a Denial of Service. It has been discovered than Postfix leaks an epoll file descriptor when executing external commands, e.g. user-controlled $HOME/.forward or $HOME/.procmailrc files. NOTE: This vulnerability only concerns Postfix instances running on Linux 2.6 kernels. Versions less than 2.4.9 are affected.

tags | advisory, denial of service, kernel, local, memory leak

systems | linux, gentoo

advisories | CVE-2008-3889

SHA-256 | 9c8335b7774c98cfeaed558a9d598717ed37fac34ab4a3fb906fe1da12090605

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