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USN-642-1: Postfix vulnerability

10 September 2008

Postfix vulnerability

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Releases

Packages

Details

Wietse Venema discovered that Postfix leaked internal file descriptors
when executing non-Postfix commands. A local attacker could exploit
this to cause Postfix to run out of descriptors, leading to a denial
of service.

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Ubuntu Pro provides ten-year security coverage to 25,000+ packages in Main and Universe repositories, and it is free for up to five machines.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 8.04
Ubuntu 7.10

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

References