CVE-2008-3889

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3889
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-09-12 16:56:20 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionPostfix 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6 All All All
Application Postfix Postfix 2.4 All All All
Application Postfix Postfix 2.4.0 All All All
Application Postfix Postfix 2.4.1 All All All
Application Postfix Postfix 2.4.2 All All All
Application Postfix Postfix 2.4.3 All All All
Application Postfix Postfix 2.4.4 All All All
Application Postfix Postfix 2.4.5 All All All
Application Postfix Postfix 2.4.6 All All All
Application Postfix Postfix 2.4.7 All All All
Application Postfix Postfix 2.4.8 All All All
Application Postfix Postfix 2.5.1 All All All
Application Postfix Postfix 2.5.2 All All All
Application Postfix Postfix 2.5.3 All All All
Application Postfix Postfix 2.6 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
No se encontró la página | Kaizen lifestyle - Albert Sellarès Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wekk.net
wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0311 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
Gentoo update for postfix - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Postfix Linux-only local denial of service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.postfix.org Patch
Ubuntu update for postfix - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:190 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: postfix-2.5.5-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SecurityReason - Postfix Linux-only local denial of service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: postfix-2.5.5-1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
USN-642-1: Postfix vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2008:018 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Postfix: Denial of Service — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Postfix epoll File Descriptor Leak Security Issue - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Fedora update for postfix - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Postfix Linux epoll File Descriptor Leak Lets Local Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Postfix 'epoll' Linux Event Handler Local Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Postfix < 2.4.9, 2.5.5, 2.6-20080902 (.forward) Local DoS Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2017-09-28Joshua BressersNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions Postfix as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.
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