Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:01:45 -0500
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Subject: rPSA-2008-0311-1 postfix
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rPath Security Advisory: 2008-0311-1
Published: 2008-11-04
Products:
rPath Linux 2
Rating: Minor
Exposure Level Classification:
Local Non-deterministic Denial of Service
Updated Versions:
postfix=conary.rpath.com@rpl:2/2.4.9-0.1-1
rPath Issue Tracking System:
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2769
References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3889
Description:
Previous versions of the postfix package are vulnerable to a local
Denial of Service attack due to a file-descriptor leak during execution
of external commands (as may be found in a .forward file, for example).
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0311
Copyright 2008 rPath, Inc.
This file is distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
A copy is available at http://www.rpath.com/permanent/mit-license.html
