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Postfix epoll File Descriptor Leak Security Issue
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31716
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Release Date:
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2008-09-03
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Last Update:
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2008-09-17
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Popularity:
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3,897 views
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Critical:
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 Not critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Postfix 2.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description: A security issue has been reported in Postfix, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The security issue is caused due to Postfix leaking the epoll file descriptor when executing non-Postfix commands, which can be exploited to cause a DoS.
The security issue only affects Postfix 2.4 or later in combination with epoll (e.g. Linux 2.6).
Change Page: [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
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