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openSUSE Security Update : postfix (postfix-194)

low Nessus Plugin ID 40112

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

When exectuting external programs postfix didn't close the file descriptor of the epoll system call. This could potentially be exploited to shutdown postfix (CVE-2008-3889).

Solution

Update the affected postfix packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=421847

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 40112

File Name: suse_11_0_postfix-080912.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postfix, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postfix-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postfix-mysql, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postfix-postgresql, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3889

CWE: 20