Detections
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Fedora 9 : postfix-2.5.5-1.fc9 (2008-8593)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 34376
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
New upstream patch level version 2.5.5, including multiple security fixes detailed in upstream announcements:http://www.postfix.org/announcements/20080814.html http://www.postfix.org/announcements/20080902.html
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected postfix package.See Also
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456314
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456347
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460906
http://www.nessus.org/u?c386e55d
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 34376
File Name: fedora_2008-8593.nasl
Version: 1.20
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 10/10/2008
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.9
Percentile: 97.36
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.2
Temporal Score: 4.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:postfix, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:9
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/9/2008
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/18/2008