Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61610
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-642-1 (postfix)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to postfix announced via advisory USN-642-1. 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. 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. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 7.10: postfix 2.4.5-3ubuntu1.3 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: postfix 2.5.1-2ubuntu1.2 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-642-1 Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 2.1
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-3889 BugTraq ID: 30977 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30977 Bugtraq: 20080902 Postfix Linux-only local denial of service (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495894/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20080916 [Suspected Spam][CVE-2008-4042] Postfix Linux-only local denial of service - PoC (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496420/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20081104 rPSA-2008-0311-1 postfix (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498037/100/0/threaded https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6472 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00287.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00271.html http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-09.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:190 http://www.wekk.net/research/CVE-2008-3889/ http://securitytracker.com/id?1020800 http://secunia.com/advisories/31716 http://secunia.com/advisories/31800 http://secunia.com/advisories/31982 http://secunia.com/advisories/31986 http://secunia.com/advisories/32231 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4239 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:018 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-642-1 XForce ISS Database: postfix-filedescriptor-dos(44865) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44865
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