CVE-2008-3889
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 12, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 2, 2008
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 31986third-party-advisory
- FEDORA-2008-8595vendor-advisory
- 32231third-party-advisory
- 20080916 [Suspected Spam][CVE-2008-4042] Postfix Linux-only local denial of service - PoCmailing-list
- 31982third-party-advisory
- USN-642-1vendor-advisory
- 30977vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2008-8593vendor-advisory
- 31800third-party-advisory
- postfix-filedescriptor-dos(44865)vdb-entry
- 4239third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2008:018vendor-advisory
- GLSA-200809-09vendor-advisory
- http://www.wekk.net/research/CVE-2008-3889/
- 31716third-party-advisory
- 6472exploit
- MDVSA-2008:190vendor-advisory
- 1020800vdb-entry
- http://www.postfix.org/announcements/20080902.html
- 20081104 rPSA-2008-0311-1 postfixmailing-list
- 20080902 Postfix Linux-only local denial of servicemailing-list
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0311
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