SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Postfix (SAT Patch Number 4177)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 53529

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The following bug has been fixed :

- Postfix did not clear the receive buffer after the STARTTLS command. A man-in-the middle could therefore inject commands in the unencrypted stream that get interpreted in the encrypted phase after STARTTLS.
(CVE-2011-0411)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 4177.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=622873

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677792

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0411.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 53529

File Name: suse_11_postfix-110318.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/22/2011

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:postfix, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:postfix-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:postfix-mysql, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/18/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0411