SUSE-SR:2008:018Vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html CVE-2008-3889
Postfix < 2.4.9/2.5.5/2.6-20080902 - '.forward' Local Denial of Service
Record summary
CVE-2008-3889 has a selected CVSS score of 2.1; EIP currently links 1 catalogued exploit.
Description
Postfix 2.4 before 2.4.9, 2.5 before 2.5.5, and 2.6 before 2.6-20080902, when used with the Linux 2.6 kernel, leaks epoll file descriptors during execution of "non-Postfix" commands, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (application slowdown or exit) via a crafted command, as demonstrated by a command in a .forward file.
Description source: CVE List
Exploitation context
Available material
- Catalogued exploits
- 1
Proofs of concept
1Catalogued exploits
ExploitDBPostfix < 2.4.9/2.5.5/2.6-20080902 - '.forward' Local Denial of ServiceExploitDB exploitby Albert SellaresNot analyzed1 file
References
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http://secunia.com/advisories/31986 32231Third-party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32231 GLSA-200809-09Vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-09.xml 4239Third-party advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4239 1020800vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020800 wiki.rpath.comConfirmation
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0311 MDVSA-2008:190Vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:190 postfix.orgConfirmation
http://www.postfix.org/announcements/20080902.html